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having male and female flowers 

 combined on the same peduncle, 

 as in some species of Carex ; same 

 as 'Hermaphrodite,' and denoting 

 that the two sexes are united in 

 the same individual: androgyn- 

 ism, n.,dn-drddf-m-izm, a change 

 from a dioecious to a monoecious 

 condition. 



Andromeda, n., an-dro'm'Zd'a (L. 

 Andromeda, Gr. Andrdmede, a 

 virgin whom, when bound to a 

 rock, Perseus rescued and mar- 

 ried), a genus of plants having 

 scaly buds and loculicidal cap- 

 sules, very ornamental plants, 

 Ord. Ericaceae. 



androphore, n., an-drdf'dr-e, also 

 androphorum, n., dn-drdf'or-tim 

 (Gr. aner, a man, andros, of a 

 man ; phoreo, I bear), a stalk 

 supporting the stamens, often 

 formed by a union of the fila- 

 ments : androphores, plu., -dr-ez, 

 the medusiform gonophores of the 

 Hydrozoa which carry the sperm- 

 atozoa, and differ in form from 

 those in which the ova are de- 

 veloped. 



Andropogon, n. , dn'-dro-pog'-dn^?. 

 aner, a man, andros, of a man ; 

 pogon, a beard), a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Graminese, having little tufts 

 of hairs on the flowers resembling 

 a man's beard, from some species 

 of which a fragrant oil is procured. 



Androsace, n., dn-drds'ds-e (Gr. 

 androsakes, among the ancients a 

 plant which has not been identi- 

 fied S aid to be from aner, a man, 

 andros, of a man ; sakos, a buck- 

 ler), a genus of plants, the round 

 hollow leaf resembling an ancient 

 buckler, Ord. Primulaceae. 



androspores, n. plu., an'-dro-sporz 

 (Gr. aner, a man, andros, of a man ; 

 spora, a seed), the developed male 

 organs in certain of the Algsfc ; 

 swarm spores. 



Aneimia, n., an-i'mi>a (Gr. anei- 

 mon, naked), an ornamental genus 

 of ferns having a naked inflores- 

 cence, Ord. Filices. 



Anemoneaa, n. plu., 

 (Gr. anemos, the wind), a sub- 

 order of the Ord. Ranunculaceee : 

 Anemone, n.,dn-$m'dn-e, a genus 

 of plants, many of the species of 

 which inhabit elevated windy 

 places : anemone, n., dn-Zm'-dn-e, 

 the wind flower: anemophilous, 

 a., dnt&m-df'il-us (Gr. philos, 

 loved), applied to plants fertilized 

 by the agency of wind: Anemone 

 nemorosa, nemf-or-oz^d (L. ne~ 

 morosus, pert, to a grove from 

 nVmus, a grove), a plant found in 

 woods in Britain. 



aner, an'er, andro-, an'dro- (Gr. 

 aner, a man, andros, of a man), 

 in bot., terms in composition 

 denoting 'male' or 'stamen.' 



Anethum, n., dn-eth'um (L. aneth- 

 um, Gr. anethon, dill), a genus 

 of plants, the seeds of which are 

 used as flavouring agents by cooks 

 and confectioners, and in med. as 

 a carminative: A. graveolens, 

 grdv'e-ol-enz (L. graveolens, 

 strong - smelling), common gar- 

 den dill ; see ' fennel ' in Diet. 



aneurism, n., dn'-ur-izm (Gr. 

 aneurusma, the dilatation of an 

 artery from ana, throughout ; 

 eurus, broad), a tumour filled 

 with blood, which communicates 

 directly or indirectly with 

 an artery, and arises from a 

 rupture, a wound, an ulcera- 

 tion, or from the simple dilata- 

 tion of an artery ; also applied 

 to enlargement or dilatation 

 of the heart: aneurismal, a., 

 dn'iir 'formal, pert. to. 



NOTE. An aneurism is an abnormal 

 dilatation in the course of a vessel 

 due to degeneration of its coats 

 (true aneurism) ; or to the rupture 

 of one or more of these coats (false 

 aneurism) ; or from excessive anas- 

 tomosis (aneurism by anastomosis). 

 When applied to tte heart, aneurism 

 signifies a circumscribed pouch 

 caused by the breaking down of a 

 limited portion of the heart- wall. 



anfractuose, a., dn-frakt'u-oz (L. . 

 anfractus, a tortuous or circuitous 



