GLOSSARY. 



BOTANY. 



ABO'RT. To bring forth before the 

 time; to fail in complete produc- 

 tion. A seed that fails to germi- 

 nate may be said to abo'rt. 



ABO'RTION. The act of bringing forth 

 untimely. 



ABO'RTIVE. That which fails to pro- 

 duce or bring forth anything; fall- 

 ing off without producing any 

 fruit. 



ABSO'RPTION. The act of swallowing 

 up (pages 17 and 27). 



ACA'CIA. From the Greek akantha, a 

 thorn Systematic name of a ge- 

 nus of plants. 



ACA'ULOUS. From the Greek, o, with- 

 out, and kaulos, stem. Without a 

 stem. 



A'ccESsoRY. Joined to another thing 

 so as to increase it ; additional. 



ACERO'SE. From the Latin, acer, a 

 needle. In form of a needle. 



ACHE'NIUM. From the Greek, a, with- 

 out, and cAaino, I gape. A form 

 of fruit. 



A'ciD. Sour, sharp. In chemistry 

 this term is applied to all sub- 

 stances which saturate and neu- 

 tralize alkalies and other salifiable 

 bases. 



ACOTY'LEDON. From the Greek, a, 

 without, and kotuledon, a seed-lobe. 

 A class of plants. 



A'COTYLE'DONOUS. Belonging or re- 

 lating to acoty'ledons. 



ACU'MINATE. From the Latin, acu- 

 men, a point. Pointed. 



ACU'TE. More gradually sharp point- 

 ed than acuminate. In botanical 

 language every angle is acute. 



ADVENTI'TIOUS. Accidental. Adven- 

 titious roots are those which grow 

 from the stem (page. 19). Adven- 

 titious buds are those which grow 

 on parts of the stem where they are 

 not commonly met. 



IS. Latin. Equal ; even. 



. From the Latin, asti- 

 vus, of or belonging to summer. 

 A figurative expression employed 

 to indicate the manner in which 

 the parts of a flower are arranged 

 before they unfold. Botanists speak 

 of the aestivation of the calyx, of 

 the corolla, of the stamens. 



A'GAMOUS. From the Greek, o, with- 

 out, and gamos, marriage. A class 

 of plants. 



AGA'RICUS. Latin. Agaric. 



AGGLU'TINATED. From the Latin, ad, 

 together, and gluten, glue. Joined 

 to, or united together. 



AGGREGATED. Collected together ; 

 accumulated. When a fruit is com- 

 posed of several agglutinated car- 

 pels, it is said to be aggregate. 



AKE'NE. See Achenium. 



ALBU'MEN. From the Latin, albus, 

 white. An immediate principle of 

 animals and vegetables ; it con- 

 stitutes the chief part of the white 

 of eggs. 



ALBUR'NUM, Sap-wood. 



AL'G^E. Latin, plural of alga, sea. 

 weed. Systematic name of a family 

 of plants. 



ALIME'NTARY. Affording nourish- 

 ment. 



ALOPECU'RUS. From the Greek, alo- 

 pex, fox, and oura, tail. Name of 

 a kind of grass. 



ALTE'RNATE. Being by turns ; one 

 after another. 



AMA'RA. Latin. Bitter. 



AMARYL'LID^:. Also,Amaryllida'ceaB. 

 Systematic name of an order of 

 plants, formed from Amaryllis, the 

 name of one genus of the order. 



AME'NTUM. Latin. A cat-kin. 



AME'NTA. Latin. Plural of Amentum. 



AMENTA'CE^J. Systematic name of a 

 family of plants, in which the flow- 

 ers are arranged in amenta or cat. 

 kins. 



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