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name for adiantum : Adiantum 

 pedatum, ped-at'-urn (L. peddtus, 

 furnished with feet from pes, a 

 foot, pedis, of a foot), this species, 

 and the preceding, furnish the 

 syrup of Capillaire, particularly 

 the latter. 



adipose, a., ad'ip-os (L. adiposus, 

 fatty from adeps, fat), denoting 

 the fatty tissue which exists more 

 or less throughout the body : 

 adipocere, n., dd'-ip-ti-ser' (L. 

 cera, wax), a fatty substance of 

 a whitish grey colour, into 

 which animal flesh and fat is 

 often changed when buried in 

 moist ground ; grave wax : adip- 

 osis, n., ad'-tp-oz'-is, great fatness 

 or obesity of the human body : 

 adiposus panniculus, ad'ip-dz'us 

 pan-niJc'-ul-Us (L. panniculus, a 

 small piece of cloth from pan- 

 nus, a cloth or garment), the deep 

 layer of fat in horses and other 

 animals which raises the skin and 

 gives the appearance of roundness 

 and plumpness. 



adnate, a., cid'ndt (L. ad. to; 

 natus, born), in bot., applied to an 

 organ united to another through- 

 out its length, as the stipules in 

 the rose ; adhering to other parts. 



adnexed, a., ad-nekst' (L. ad, to; 

 nexum, to bind or tie), in bot., 

 reaching to the stem only, as in 

 the gills of Agarics. 



ad pondus omnium, dd ptind'us 

 dm'ni'um (L. ad, to ; pondus, 

 weight ; omnis, all, omnium, of 

 all), to the weight of the whole ; 

 in med., indicating the pro- 

 portion of an ingredient in a 

 prescription. 



adpressed, a., ad-prest' (L. ad, to; 

 pressum, to press or squeeze), in 

 bot. , closely pressed to a surface, 

 as some hairs ; pressed close to 

 anything ; also spelt appressed. 



aduncate, a., dd-ungk'-at (L. ad- 

 uncus, hooked), in bot., crooked; 

 bent in the form of a hook. 



adventitious, a.,ad''V%n'tish'>us(L. 

 ad t to ; ventum, to come), come 



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to accidentally; in bot., applied 

 to organs produced in abnormal 

 positions, as in roots arising from 

 aerial stems ; unnatural, acci- 

 dental, or acquired. 



-ZEgle, n., eg'le(L. ^Egle, a Naiad, 

 daughter of Jupiter from aigle, 

 brightness), a genus of shrubs 

 producing fragrant flowers, Ord. 

 Aurantiaceee : JEgle marmelos, 

 martmel-os (Portg. marmelo, a 

 quince), a species which yields 

 an excellent fruit, much used in 

 dysentery. 



aerophytes, n. plu., dr'-o-fitz (Gr. 

 aer, air ; phuton, a plant), plants 

 which grow entirely in the air. 



aeruginose, a., e-rdodf-m-oz (L. 

 ceruginosus, copper- rusted from 

 cerugo, copper rust), verdigris- 

 green, or copper rust. 



JBsculus, n., Zs'kul-us (L. esca, 

 food), a genus of large showy trees, 

 Ord. Sapindacese: -ZEsculus hip- 

 pocastanum, hip'-po-hast'-an-urn 

 (Gr. hippos, a horse ; Gr. Icast- 

 anon, L. castdnea, the chestnut- 

 tree), the horse-chestnut, recom- 

 mended as a febrifuge, seeds 

 sometimes used for coffee : -53. 

 ohioensis, 6 -hi' 8 -ens' is (after 

 Ohio, a State of U. States, 

 Amer.), the buck-eye, or American 

 horse-chestnut, leaves and fruit 

 said to be poisonous. 



aestival, a., %s>tlv'-al (L. cestiva, 

 summer quarters), produced in 

 summer; pert, to summer: aes- 

 tivation, n., Zs'tiv-d'shun, the 

 arrangement of the unexpanded 

 leaves of the flower in the flower- 

 bud which burst in summer; 

 opposed to vernation, the arrange- 

 ment of the leaves of the bud on 

 a branch which burst in spring. 



afferent, a., df-fer-^nt (L. a/ero, 

 I bring or convey a thing to a 

 place from ad, to ; fero, I 

 carry), in anat., conveying from 

 the surface to the centre. 



affinity, n., af-fin'-it-i (L. affinis, 

 bordering on, related to from 

 ad y to ; Jinis, an end), relation j 



