Anemophilous 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Annual Ring 



ANEMdPH'iLOITS, having the 

 pollen or seeds conveyed by 

 the wind. 



ANFRACT'tJOSE, bent hither and 

 thither, as the stamens of the 

 melon. 



AN6i6CAR'POtfS, having the 

 fruit invested with a calyx, re- 

 ceptacle, or other covering; 

 having spores enclosed by a re- 

 ceptacle of some kind; angio- 

 sporous. Especially, having a 

 closed instead of open apothe- 

 cium in lichens. Compare 

 Gymnocarpous. 



ANGidSPERM'OUS, having seeds 

 produced in a closed ovary. 



ANGl6S'P6R0US, having spores 

 or asci produced in a closed 

 receptacle, angiocarpous. 



Angle of devIA'tion, the 



angle which a leaf, branch, or 

 root makes with the axis on 

 which it is borne — on the upper 

 side in branches and leaves, on 

 the lower side in root. 



Angle of divergence, the 



angle measured by the part of 

 a cycle between succeeding 

 organs in the same spiral or 

 whorl; divergence. 



AN'GUXAR, having angles or 

 ridges prismatic. In Pomolo- 

 gy, having one side developed 

 more than the other, as in the 

 Newtown Pippin apple. Com- 

 pare Oblique. 



AN'GtJLAR DIVERGENCE, see 

 Angle of Divergence. 



AN'GULATE, see Angular. 



ANGuTODEN'TATE, having an- 

 gular teeth. 



ANGUS'TATE, narrow. 



ANGTJS'TIFO'LIATE, having nar- 

 row leaves; angustifolious. 



ANGUSTIFO'LiOTTS, see Angus- 



TIPOLIATE. 



ANGtJSTlsfiP'TATE, having a 



narrow septum or partition, as 

 the pod of shepherd's-purse. 



ANlsOG'YNOtTS, having fewer 

 carpels than sepals. 



ANISOM'EROtJS, not having the 

 same number of floral organs in 

 the different whorls. Compare 

 Isomerous and Unsymmetri- 



CAL. 



ANiSOPflT'ALOUS, having petals 

 of unequal size. (Rare.) 



ANISdPHYL'LOUS, unequal- 



leaved, as when the two leaves 

 of a pair are of unequal size. 



ANIS6P'TER0tJS, having wings 

 of unequal size. 



ANlSdSTAM'ENOtrs, see Aniso- 

 stemonous. 



ANlSdSTEM'dNOUS, having the 

 stamens differing in number 

 from the petals (or parts of the 

 perianth when the sepals are 

 petaloid). Compare Isostem- 

 onous. 



AnIs6tr6p IC, having the dif- 

 ferent parts or organs endowed 

 with different kinds of irrita- 

 bility, or in different degrees, 

 as stems which seek the light 

 and roots which shun it. 



ANN6T'lNu"S, the ring upon a 

 stem which marks the close of 

 a season's growth. It consists 

 of the scars left by the fallen 

 scales of the bud from which 

 the next year's growth pro- 

 ceeded. 



ANNdT'lNOtJS, having distinct 

 yearly growths. 



AN'NUAL, a plant which usually 

 lives but one year or season. 



ANNUAL RING, the ring or cyl- 

 inder of wood produced by 

 exogenous plants during the 

 year. In some cases the an- 

 nual ring consists of more than 

 one ring of growth, hence the 

 term "growth-ring" is now 

 often used. 



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