Absorption 



A DICTIONARY 



Acerose 



ABSdRPTION, the method hy 

 which fluids enter the plant. 

 See Osmose and Imbibition. 



ABSTRfC TION, the separation of 

 one part from another by con- 

 striction and the formation of 

 a septum. Applied especially 

 to the separation of .spores from 

 their hyphse. Compare Ab- 

 scission aud Abjunction. 



AcAL'YCfNE, without calyx; 

 acalycinous. 



AcALYg tNOUS, see Acalycine. 



AcAN'THA (pi. Acan'thse), a 

 thorn, spine, or prickle. 



AcAnTHA'CEOUS, having thorns, 

 spines, or prickles. 



ACANTHOCAR POfJS, having the 

 fruit furnished with spines or 

 prickles. 



AcANTHOC XADOUS, having 

 spiny brauches. 



ACANTH6PH 6R0US, bearing 

 prickles, spines, or thorns. 



AcANTHdP ODOUS, having the 

 petiole or pedicel furnished 

 with spines or prickles. 



AcAR'POUS, not producing fruit. 



ACAULflSCENQE, an abnormal 

 suppression of the stem. 



ACAULESCENT, having only a 

 very short aerial leaf-bearing 

 stem, apparently none, as in the 

 dandelion; acauline; acaulose; 

 acaulous. 



ACAU'LlNE, see Acatjlescent. 



ACAU'LLS, see Acaulescent. 



ACAULOSE, see Acaulescent. 



ACAU LOUS, see Acaulescent. 



ACCESSORY, additional to the 

 usual number, or accompany- 

 ing something else; supernu- 

 merary. Said of the additional 

 buds when more than one 

 occur in an axil ; applied to 

 the border of the apothecium 

 in lichens when of a different 



substance or color from the 

 disk. 



ACCES'SdRY BUDS, also called 

 secondary buds and super- 

 numerary buds; the additional 

 buds when more than one occur 

 in or near the axil, as in the 

 butternut. 



ACCES S6RY CELL, the sister-cell 

 of a guard-cell; subsidiary cell. 



A€?ES ; S6RY FRUIT, one in 

 which some additional part or 

 parts is associated with the 

 matured ovary, as in the win- 

 tergreen, Gaultheria procum- 

 bens; anthocarpous fruit. The 

 term is not applied to fruits 

 with an adherent calyx-tube, 

 as the apple and currant. Com- 

 pare Aggregate Fruit and 

 Collective Fruit. 



ACCES'SdRY GdNLD'IA, gonidial 

 formations in some species of 

 Mucorini in addition to the 

 typical kind. 



A€CiD:&N'TAL, see Adventi- 

 tious. 



ACCOMMODATION, see Adapta- 

 tion. 



AcCRfiS'CENT, increasing in size 

 after flowering; — applied to 

 parts accessory to the fruit, as 

 the calyx of Physalis. 



ACCRETE', grown together in 

 any manner. 



ACCRETION, the growing of one 

 thing to another ; growth by 

 addition of particles to the out- 

 side. 



ACCUM'BENT, lying upon or 

 against another body, as the 

 edge of the cotyledons against 

 the cauliclein some CrucTfewe. 

 Compare Incumbent. 



ACEPH'ALOUS, headless; said of 

 an ovary when the style is at- 

 tached to some other part than 

 the summit. 



ACEROSE', narrow, stiff, and 



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