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AGATE 



damp places, the leaves of which are finely 

 divided, and not easily wetted, belonging to 

 Polypodiaceae. 



Adipic acid, (ad'i-pik). [Lat. adeps, fat]= 

 CgHioC^: a fatty acid formed during the 

 action of nitric acid on oleic acid. 



Adipocere, ( ad-i-po-seV ). [Lat. a.deps, fat; 

 cera, wax: F. adipocire.] A fatty residue 

 from the decay of animal matter in damp 

 places=Grave-wax: chiefly composed of mar- 

 garin and ammonia. 



Adit-level, an entrance cut, to drain the 

 water from a mine, through a hill side. 



Adjutant, (ad'joo-tant). [Adjutant, from its 

 imposing appearance.] = Ciconia argala : a 

 large Indian species of crane. 



Adnate, (ad-naf). [L. ad, to; natus, grown.] 

 Grown to another body, as a climbing parasite 

 to a tree. 



Adonis, (a-do'nis). [Adonis, god of beauty.] 

 An herb resembling the buttercup, the flower 

 of which is often very pretty, belonging to 

 Eanunculacea3. 



Adoxa, (a-doks'a). [Gk. a, not ; doxe, glory] = 

 Mosohatel=Musk-crowfoot: an odorous herb 

 with green flowers, belonging to Araliacere. 



Advice-boat. A small vessel, built for quick 

 sailing. 



JEchmodus, (ek'mo-dus). [Gk. aichme, point; 

 odous, tooth.] A ganoid fish, with sharp- 

 pointed teeth, fossil remains of which are 

 found in lias rocks. 



JEgiceracese, (e-jis-er-a'se-e). [Gk. aix, goat; 

 keras, horn.] A small group of tropical 

 shore plants, resembling Ardisiads, named 

 from the typical genus ^Egiceras, the pods 

 of which are horn-shaped. 



JEgopodium, (e-go-po'di-um). [Gr. aix, goat; 

 podion, foot.]=:Goat weed=Bishop's weed = 

 ash weed: a common herb with white flowers, 

 belonging to Apiaceae. 



JEpiornis, ( e-pi-or'nis ). [Gk. aipys, high ; 

 onus, bird.] A very large bird belonging to 

 Cursores, found at Madagascar, but now pro- 

 bably extinct. 



.SSquoreal pipe fish, (e-qw5're-al pip fish). [L. 

 cequoreus, belonging to the sea.]=Syngnathus 

 sequoreus : a fish with long slender body. 



Aerolites, (a'er-6-lits). [Gk. ae>; air; lithos, 

 stone.] = stone meteorites: pieces of stone 

 (sometimes very large) falling to the earth ; 

 probably fragments of some planet ; sometimes 

 called planetary dust. 



Aerosiderites, (a-er-6-sid'er-Its). [Gk. cer, air; 

 sideros, iron.]=Iron meteorites. 



Aerosiderolites, (a-er-6-sid'er-o-lits). [Gk. atr, 

 air; sideros, iron; lithos, stone.] Meteors con- 

 taining both stone and iron. 



JEsculaceae, (gs-ku-la'se-e). [Aesculus, q.v.'\= 

 Sapindacese, q.v. 



Aesculin, (es'ku-lin). [^sculns, q.v.] = 

 C2iH24O]3: an alkaline substance, obtained 

 f.iom the horse-chestnut. 



JSsculus, ( es'ku-lus ). [L. atsculus, an oak 

 tree. ] = Horse - chestnut, a large handsome 

 tree; root, fruit, and leaves poisonous. A. 

 Hippocastanum = horse-chestnut. A. Ohio- 

 tensis=\)nck-eye= American horse-chestnut. 



^Estivation, (es-tiv-a'shun). [L. (estiva, sum- 



mer time.] 1. The method of arrangement 

 of the parts of a flower bud, which comes in 

 summer. 2. The dormant state of some 

 animals during the hot season. 



.ZEthalium, (e-tha'li-um). A fungus, belong- 

 ing to Gasteromycetes. A. Septicum lives 

 on decaying vegetable matter; considered to 

 be an animal from its power of moving and 

 absorbing solid food. 



JEther, (e'ther). [L. cether, pure air.] The 

 (hypothetical) invisible and imponderable 

 medium whose undulations are the cause of 

 light, supposed to fill all space, including 

 the interstices of all bodies. 



JEthrioscope, (g-thri'os-kop). [Gk. aithrios, 

 airy; skopeo, I see.] An instrument in- 

 vented by Leslie to determine the variations 

 of heat radiation. 



JEthusa, (e-thu'sa). [Gk. aitho, I burn.]= 

 Fool's parsley : a poisonous herb resembling 

 parsley, belonging to Apiacese. 



Aflinity, (af-fin'i-ti). [L. ad, to; finis, boun- 

 dary.] The form of atomic attraction which 

 acts between unlike bodies, as between oxy- 

 gen and potassium, hydrogen and chlorine, 

 &c., causing chemical action. 



Afghans, (af ghanz). An Asiatic race. 



African jumping shrews =Macroscelides, q.v. 



After-damp, (aft'e.r-damp). [After, q.v.; G. 

 dampf, vapour. ]=Choke-damp; the mixture 

 of carbonic anhydiide and nitrogen resulting 

 from an explosion of fire-damp. 



Agallochum, ( a-gal'6-kum )= Aloes wood=l. 

 Aloexylon agallochum: a tree belonging to 

 Leguminosffl. 2. Aquilaria secundaria: a 

 tree belonging to Aquilariaceoe. 



Agahnatolite, (a-gal-rnat'6-llt). [Gk. agalma, 

 image; and lithos, stone.] Chinese stones= 

 pinites, pyrophyllites, &c., altered by heat 

 from clay slate; used for grotesque statuary; 

 chiefly silicate of alumina. 



Agama, (a'gam-a). A reptile resembling the 

 lizard, found in Asia, Africa, S. America, 

 and Australia. 



Agami, (ii'ga-mi)=Trophia crepitans: a bird 

 also called Golden Trumpeter, with long neck 

 and legs. 



Agamic, (a'g-a-mik). [Gk. a, without; gamos, 

 marriage] = Asexual: not having visible or- 

 gans of reproduction, as flowerless plants, &c. 



Agamogenesis,(ag-a-uio-jen'e-sis). [Gk. a, not; 

 gamos, marriage ; genesis, birth.] Asexual 

 reproduction: procreation without previous 

 union of the two sexes. 



Agardh's classification of Plants, (a-gard'). 

 Acotyledons, pseudocotyledons, cryptocoty- 

 ledons, phanerocotyledons. 



Agaricacese, (a-gar-ik-a'se-e). [Agaricus, q.v.] 

 = Hymenomycetes (Fungales) : plants re- 

 resembling the Agaricus. 



Agaricia, (a-ga-ri'si-a). [Agaricus, q.v. ]=Mush- 

 room madrepore: acoralresernblingthemush- 

 room in appearance. 



Agaricus, ( a-gar'ik-us ). [Gk. agaril-on.] 

 Flowerless plants, consisting of a fleshy 

 body, with stem, mostly poisonous, belong- 

 ing to Hymenomycetes. A. Campestris^ 



common mushroom. 



Agate, (ag'at), [Achates, the Greek name.] 



