26 BOTANICAL NAMES 



Applanate (ap-plan-at). L. " Ad " (to) ; " planatus " 



(made flat) ; flattened out. 



Apple (ap-pl). A.S. " Aepl," name for the well- 

 known fruit. 

 Appressed (ap-prest). I*. " Ap " (to); " pressus " 



(presses) ; leaves closely squeezed together but not 



joined. 

 Apricot (a-pri-kot). Arabic. " Al " (the); " birouk " 



peach. 

 Apryenus (a-pry-en-us). G. " An " (no) ; " pureen " 



(seed) ; fruit which produces no seed, as the seedless 



orange. 

 Apterous (ap-ter-us). G. "A" (no); " pteron " 



(wing) ; no membranous expansions. 

 Aquaticus (a-kwat-ik-us. 

 Aquatilis (a-kwat-il-lis). Both L. adj., " aqua " 



(water) ; found or growing in water. A very 



common second bot. name. 

 Aquifoliaceae (a-kwi-fol-ia-shi-e). L. " Aquifoli " 



see Aquifolium and " aceous " (like). Bot. name 



for the Holly family. 

 Aquifolium (a-kwi-foli-i-um). L. "Ac " (sharp) (" c " 



and " qu " interchange) ; " folium " (leaf) ; having 



pointed leaves like the Holly. 

 Aquilina (a-kwil-in-a). L. adj., " aquila " (an eagle); 



belonging to the Eagle. Second bot. name for the 



Bracken. 

 Aquilegia (a-kwil-e-ji-a). L. "Aquila" (an eagle); 



because that part of the flower where the honey is 



to be found was supposed to be like the claws of 



the eagle. Bot. name for Columbine group. 

 Arabica (ar-ab-ik-a). The L. form of Arabian. 

 Arabis (ar-ab-is). So named because the " Rockcress " 



