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ALA 



agreement ; in chem., combining 

 power of bodies ; in bot. , relation 

 in all essential organs. 



affusion, n., af-fuzh'un (L. ad, 

 to ; fusum, to pour), the act of 

 pouring a cold or warm liquid on 

 the whole body or a part of it from 

 some elevation, as a remedial 

 measure in many diseases ; in 

 chem., the pouring water on a 

 substance to cleanse it. 



agamic, a., dg-dm'ik (Gr. a, with- 

 out ; gamos, marriage), in zool., 

 applied to all forms of reproduction 

 in which the sexes are not directly 

 concerned : agamous, a., dg'dm- 

 &s, in bot. , applied to plants with- 

 out visible organs of fructification; 

 cryptogamous : agamo - genesis, 

 n., dg'-dm-o-jen'eS'is (Gr. genesis, 

 generation, origin), the power of 

 non-sexual reproduction. 



Agaricacese, n. plu., ag-ar'-ik-af* 

 se-e (Gr. agarikon, touchwood, 

 a mushroom), the Ord. of plants 

 now called Fungi : Agarics, n. 

 plu., dg-dr'-tks, the edible mush- 

 rooms of this country : Agaricus 

 campestris, ag-dr'ik-'uskdm'pest' 

 ris (L. agaricus, an agaric ; cam- 

 pestris, pert, to a level field), 

 the common mushroom of this 

 country : other edible species are, 

 A. deliciosus, de-lish'-i-oz'-us (L. 

 deliciosus, delightful from de- 

 licice, delight) ; A. Georgii, jorf- 

 i'l (L. Georgius, George, Georgii, 

 of George) ; A. procerus, pro-str'- 

 us (L. procerus, high, tall), 

 eaten abroad, though considered 

 poisonous in Britain ; and A. 

 prunulus, proon'-ul-us (L. dimin- 

 utive ofprunum, a prune), said to 

 be the finest species of mushroom: 

 A.oreades, or>e'ad'ez(L.Oreades, 

 mountain nymphs); A. coccineus, 

 kdk-sin'8-tis (L. coccineus, of a 

 scarlet colour from coccum, a 

 scarlet colour); and A. personatus, 

 per'son-dt'tis (L. personatus, pro- 

 vided with a mask, counterfeited), 

 species of Fungi which, being 

 developed in a centrifugal man- 



ner, form fairy rings : A. clearing, 

 ol'-e'dr'-i-us (L. oledrius, belong- 

 ing to oil from oleum, oil) ; and 

 A. Gardner!, gardener -I (Latinised 

 proper name, Gardneri, of Gard- 

 ner), these, and other species, 

 give out a sort of phosphorescent 

 light. 



agathophyllum aromaticum, agl 

 dth-o-fil'-lum dr'-dm-at'-ik-tim (Gr. 

 agathos, good, pleasant ; phutton, 

 a leaf ; Gr. aromatikos, L. 

 aromaticus, fragrant), the clove 

 nutmeg of Madagascar ; an orna- 

 mental tree. 



agave, n., ag'-av or ag'av-e (Gr. 

 agauos, admirable), the American 

 aloe, from the juice of which the 

 alcoholic liquor pulque is made 

 the systematic name is Agave 

 Americana, ag'-av-e dm-^-ik-dn^ 

 d: Agavese, n. plu., dg'tiv-e'e, one 

 of Lindley's four tribes into which 

 he divides the Amaryllidaceae 

 or Amaryllis family. 



agglomerate, a., dg-glom^er-dt (L. 

 agglomero, I heap up), heaped 

 up ; crowded together. 



agrimony, n., dg'ri-md'n<i, also 

 agrimonia, -mon'-i-d (L. agri- 

 monia), a wild British plant of the 

 rose tribe, having bitter astring- 

 ent properties. 



aizoon, n., d^i-zo^dn (Gr. aei, al- 

 ways ; zoon, a living creature), one 

 of the fig marigold and ice plant 

 family so called as the plant lives 

 under almost any treatment. 



ala, n., dl'd ; alae, plu., al'-e (L. 

 ala, a wing), in anat., a part 

 projecting like a wing ; in bot., 

 the lateral petals of a papilion- 

 aceous flower ; the membranous 

 appendages of fruit, as in the 

 elm. or of the seed, as in pines : 

 alary, a., di'-dr-i, also alate, a., 

 dl'-dt, wing-like. 



alabastrus, n., al'a-bast'-rtis (L. 

 alabaster, a rose-bud in its green 

 state), in bot., the flower -bud 

 while yet green and before it opens. 



Alangiaceae, n. plu., dl-anf-i-d'- 

 se>e (from alangium, its name in 



