Acervate 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Acrogynous 



pointed, like the leaves of the 

 fir. Intermediate in form be- 

 tween Acicular and Subulate. 



ACER'VATE, growing in heaps or 

 clusters; coacervate. 



ACER'VtJLtJS (pi. A$er' villi), a 

 "small heap, as of spores. 



ACETABU'LIFORM, deep saucer- 

 shaped, with a broad concave 

 bottom and nearly upright 

 sides. Compare Cotyliform. 



ACETA'RIOtJS, used for salads. 



AC'ETOSE, sour; acid. 



ACHiE'NIUM, see Achenium. 



AcKENOcARP, any simple dry 

 indehiscent fruit. (Masters.) 



ACHEI'lARY, destitute of a label- 

 lum, as some orchids. 



ACHENE', see Achenium. 



ACHE'NltJM (pi. Ache'nia), a 

 small, dry, indehiscent, one- 

 seeded seed-like fruit or carpel 

 in which the covering does not 

 adhere to the seed, as in the 

 sunflower or buttercup; acbai- 

 nium; achene; akene. Com- 

 pare Caryopsis, Utiucle, 

 Cypsela. 



AOHENO'DIUM, see Cremocarp. 



ACHLAMY'DEOUS, destitute of 

 calyx and corolla. 



Achromatic, not readily 



colored by the usual staining 

 agents. 



AcHRO'MATLN, the basic sub- 

 stance of the nucleus, less 

 highly colored by stainiug 

 agents than the rest. 



AciC'tJLA (pi. A^c'ulse), a needle- 

 shaped spine, prickle, or other 

 body. 



ACICULAR, slender needle- or 

 bristle-shaped, as the leaves of 

 most pines; aciculate; aciculi- 

 form; aciform. Compare 

 Acerose. 



AgJCUXATE, see Acicular. 



AglC'tJLATED, marked by fine 



grooves, as if scratched with 

 a needle. Finer than striate, 

 and not necessarily parallel. 



AgtCULiFORM, see Acicular. 



A'CiES, an edge. 



Ac'lFORM, see Acicular. 



AglNA gEOUS, full of kernels. 

 "(Hare.) 



AglNAg'IFORM, scymitar- 

 shaped, — having one edge thin 

 and convex, and the other 

 thick and straight or concave, 

 like many bean-pods. 



Ag'INE, one of the succulent car- 

 pels of a fruit like the rasp- 

 berry; acinue.. (Originally 

 Acinus meant a bunch of grapes 

 or similar fruit, as the currant, 

 and later the term was applied 

 to one of the berries of such a 

 bunch and to the seeds of the 

 grape.) 



ACINOSE', consisting of granular 

 bodies somewhat resembling 

 grape-seed. More rarely, re- 

 sembling a grape-berry or 

 bunch of grapes. 



AC'INUS (pi. A^'inl), see Acine. 



Ac6TYLED'6NOtJS, destitute of 

 cotyledons, as Cuscuta. 



ACRAmPHLB'RYOUS, said of 

 plants whose growth is not 

 confined to the apex, i.e., which 

 produce lateral as well as 

 terminal buds. (Rare.) Com- 

 pare. Acrogenous. 



ACROB'RYOIJSjSee Acrogenous. 



ACRdCAR'POTJS, having terminal 

 fructification. Used chiefly in 

 mosses. Compare Clado- , 



CARPOUS. 



ACRdO'ENOUS, growing chiefly 

 at the apex, as the stem of 

 ferns; produced at the apex of 

 a filament, as the spores of 

 some fungi. 



ACR&G/YNOUS, having the stem 

 terminated by archegonia or 



