Auriculated 



A DICTIONARY 



Ax-shaped 



AURICUlATED, see Auricu- 



" LATE. 



AU RIFORM, having the form of 

 the human ear. 



AUSTERE', astringent or harsh to 

 the taste. 



AUTOCAR POUS, said of ovaries 

 which are not adherent to the 

 calyx; superior. 



AUTffi'CIOUS, said of a parasitic 

 fungus which inhabits the 

 same host-plant through all its 

 stages of growth. Compare 

 Hetercecious. Applied in 

 mosses when the male and fe- 

 male "flowers" are in sepa- 

 rate involucres upon the same 

 plant. 



AUTOGAMOUS, self-fertilizing. 



AUT6G'AMY, close-fertilization; 

 the fertilization of a flower by 

 its own pollen. Compare Al- 

 logamy. 



AUTOGENESIS, see Spontane- 

 ous Generation. 



AUT66ENOUS, self-originating. 

 Applied to diseases which have 

 their origin or cause within the 

 effected organism. Compare 

 Infection, Esoteric, and Ex- 

 oteric. 



AUTdG'ENUS or M0N66'ENUS, 

 terms proposed in place of 

 Monotypic, to indicate that a 

 genus contains but a single 

 species. 



AUTflN'OMOftS, complete in it- 

 self. Applied to forms which 

 continually and directly repro- 

 duce themselves, and are not 

 mere stages in the life of a 

 plant. 



AUTOPHYLLflG ENY, the growth 

 of one leaf upon another. 



AU'TOPLAST, see Chlorophyll- 

 body. 



AUTOTflM'NOUS, capable of spon- 

 taneous division, as ordinary 

 growing cells. 



AUX'OSPORE, a large renewal- 

 cell in Diatomaceae, formed 

 either by rejuvenescence, or 

 developed from a zygospore 

 produced by conjugation. 



AUX0T6NIC MOVEMENTS, 



those made by growing organs, 

 as the twining of stems. Com- 

 pare Allassotonic Move- 

 ments. 



AVERSE', turned or facing away 

 from the central axis or other 

 object. Compare Adverse. 



AWL -SHAPED, see Subulate. 



AWN, a bristle-shaped append- 

 age, like those on the glumes of 

 many grasses; arista; beard. 



AWNED, having an awn or 

 beard ; aristate. 



AX'-FdRM, see Dolabiuform. 



AX'IAL, pertaining to an axis; 

 extending in the direction of 

 an axis; forming an axis. Com- 

 pare Axile. 



AXLFEROUS, having an axis; 

 producing stems but no leaves. 



AXIL, the upper angle between 

 leaf and stem; any angle. 



AXILE, occupying or belonging 

 to the axis, as an axile placenta. 



AxlL'LA (pi. Axil'lS), see Axil. 



AX'ILLAR, see Axillary. 



AXILLARY, pertaining to or oc- 

 cupying an axil. 



AX'IS, the central line of any 

 body; an organ around which 

 others are attached, especially 

 a main stem or root. 



AXIS, ASCENDING, see Ascend- 

 ing Axis. 



AXIS, DESCENDING, see De- 

 scending Axis. 



axis of Inflorescence, the 



part of the stem or branch 

 along which flowers are borne. 

 See Receptacle and Rachis. 

 AX'SHAPED, see Dolabri- 

 form. 



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