Aurantiuxti 



autoxidizablft 



Auran'tium (Lat. , an orange), a succu- 

 lent superior fruit with a rough 

 rind, such as the Orange. 



aura'tus (Lat. gilt), metallic yellow, 

 shot with gold ; au'reus (Lat. gold- 

 en), glowing yellow, not metallic. 



Auricle, Auric' ula (Lat. ear-lap), (1) 

 a small lobe or ear, an appendage 

 to the leaf, as in Sage, or the 

 Orange ; (2) the lobule, or minor 

 lobe of the leaf of Hepaticae, often 

 balloon-shaped ; (3) formerly and 

 erroneously used f orAMPHiGASTRiA; 

 (4) a small lobe or special patch of 

 cells at the basal angle of the leaf 

 in Mosses ; auric'ular, auricula'ris, 

 auricled; ~ Cells, the[ cells in the 

 leaf described above (4), also termed 

 alar cells. 



auriform (auris, the ear), ear-shaped 

 (Crozier). 



auror'eus (Lat.), the colour of dawn, 

 rosy or golden. 



austere' (auste'rus, harsh), astringent 

 to the taste, as a sloe. 



austra'lis (Lat. southern), occasionally 

 applied to plants which are natives 

 of warmer countries, even if not 

 from the southern hemisphere. 



Aut'oblast (afrros, self, jSXaoTos, a 

 bud), a free and independent " Bio- 

 blast" (Schlater) ; Autocarplan, 

 autpcarplc, autocar pea! nus (Kapiros, 

 fruit), (1) a superior fruit, not ad- 

 herent to the pericarp ; (2) see next ; 

 Autocarp'y, the fruiting of a self- 

 fertilized flower, the product of 

 autogamy ; adj. autocarp'ous ; 

 autoe'cious (ofaos, a house), ap- 

 plied to a parasite which runs its 

 whole course on a single host of a 

 particular species ; this state of 

 things is Autoe'cism ; autoi'cous, in 

 Bryophytes, the male and female 

 inflorescences on the same plant ; 

 the following modifications occur ; 

 cla'do- ~ (/cXdSos, a branch) the male 

 inflorescence on a proper branch ; 

 go'nio- ~ (761/05, offspring), the male 

 inflorescence bud-like and axillary 

 on a female branch ; rhiz- ~ (plfa, a 

 root), the male branch very short, 

 cohering to the female by a rhizoid ; 



autog'amous (7^05, marriage), 

 self-fertilization ; Autogamy, when 

 a flower is fertilized by its own 

 pollen ; Autogen'esis (yfrevis, be- 

 ginning), a synonym of SPON- 

 TANEOUS GENERATION ; auto- 

 genetlc Fertilization = self-pol- 

 lination ; autogenous (7^05, race), 

 self -derived, used of diseases, etc., 

 which have their origin within 

 the organism ; autog'enus, term 

 proposed in place of monotypic, 

 to show that the genus contains 

 but a single species (Crozier). 



automatic, (avro/JUTos, self-moving), 

 spontaneous movement of certain 

 parts, as the leaflets of Desmodium 

 gyrans, DC. 



autonomlc, auton'omous, (ai/roVo/ios, 

 independent), used of plants which 

 are perfect and complete in them- 

 selves, and not simply phases of 

 other forms. 



autonyctitroplc (aiJros, self, vt, 

 VVKTOS, night, rpoirti, a turn), spon- 

 taneously assuming the position 

 usual during the night ; Auto- 

 pnyllog'eny (<j>6\\ov, leaf, 7<Wts, 

 beginning), the growth of one leaf 

 from another, as from a nerve; 

 Aut'ophyte (0uroV, plant), aplant not 

 dependent on humus, as opposed to 

 SAPROPHYTE ; Aut'oplast (TrXaoroj, 

 moulded), a synonym of chloro- 

 phyll granule ; Autop'sia (6\f/is, 

 sight), actual inspection of the 

 plant or phenomenon in question ; 

 autotrophlc (rpotpij, food), existing 

 without aid of commensalism ; auto- 

 tem'nous (re/>ww, I cut), capable of 

 spontaneous division, as cells in 

 growing tissue ; autox'enous (#vos, 

 a host or guest) = AUTOECIOUS ; 

 Autox'eny, the autoecious condi- 

 tion ; Autox'idators (<5ds, sharp), 

 cell - substances, which at a low 

 temperature, and with absorp- 

 tion of molecular oxygen, can be 

 oxidised by decomposing water ; 

 Autoxida'tion, the phenomenon 

 in question ; autoxidi'zable, the 

 property of readily undergoing 

 this transformation. 



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