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route), in bot. , wavy or sinuous, 

 as the anthers of gourds and 

 cucumbers. 



Angelica, n. , an -jel^k-d(L. angelus, 

 an angel, from its supposed angelic 

 virtues), plants whose roots have 

 a fragrant, agreeable smell, and 

 bitterish, pungent taste, Ord. 

 Umbelliferae. 



angienchyma, n., dn'ji-eng'kim-a 

 (Gr. anggeion, a vessel ; engchu- 

 ma, an infusion from engchuo, 

 I pour in), in bot., vascular tissue 

 in general : angiocarpous, a. , an'- 

 ji-o-karp'-us (Gr. karpos, fruit), 

 applied to lichens having fructi- 

 fication in cavities of the thallus, 

 and opening by a pore; hav- 

 ing seed in a vessel : angio- 

 spermous, a., dn'ji-d-sperm'us 

 (Gr. sperma, seed), having seeds 

 contained in a seed vessel : 

 angiosperms, n. plu., dn'jt-o- 

 sperms (Gr. sperma, seed), the 

 great mass of flowering plants, 

 so called because the seeds 

 are usually enclosed in a seed 

 vessel or pericarp : angiospor- 

 ous, a., an'-ji-ds'-pdr-us (Gr. 

 spora, seed), applied to crypto- 

 gamic plants having spores or 

 seeds contained in a theca or 

 sporangium, that is, in a spore 

 case or seed vessel : Angiosporae, 

 n. plu., dn'ji-ds'pdr-e (Gr. spora, 

 seed), a sub-class nearly corre- 

 sponding with the sub - class 

 Acotyledons of the sub-kingdom 

 Cryptogamous plants, having a 

 certain amount of vascular tissue, 

 and sporangia or thecse containing 

 spores. 



angina, n., an-jin'-a (L. angina, 

 quinsy from ango, I choke or 

 strangle), a general term for dis- 

 eases in which a sense of suffoca- 

 tion is a prominent symptom : 

 anginal, a., an-jin'-al, alsoangin- 

 ose, a., dn'jin-dz, pert, to angina: 

 angina pectoris, p&kt''tir*te (L. 

 pectus, the breast, pectoris, of 

 the breast), a distressing malady, 

 in which a most excruciating pain 



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is felt in the chest, with a feeling 

 of strangulation, and a terrible 

 sense of impending death. 



angularis faciei, dng'ul-dr''isfas'- 

 i-$i (L. angularis, angular from 

 angulus, an angle ; fades, the 

 face), the angular artery of the 

 face, which forms the termination 

 of the trunk of the facial, and 

 ascends to the inner angle of the 

 orbit. 



angustiseptse, n. plu,, ang'gust- 

 i-s&pi'-e (L. angustus, narrow; 

 septum, partition), those fruits or 

 seed vessels which have their 

 partition in their narrow diameter : 

 angustiseptate, a., dng'-gust'i* 

 sZpt'-at, having the partition of 

 the fruit or seed vessel very 

 narrow. 



anhydride, n., an-hld'-rid (Gr. an., 

 not, without; hudor, water), in 

 chem., a body destitute of water: 

 anhydrous, a., an-hld'-rus, con- 

 taining no water. 



Anigosanthus, n., dn'i-goz-dnth' 

 us (Gr. not ascertained ; anthos, 

 a flower), a genus of plants 

 so called from their long con- 

 spicuous scapes upon which the 

 flowers are raised, Ord. Hsemo- 

 doracese. 



anise, n., an'is (L. anlsum, Gr. 

 anizon, anise), an annual plant 

 whose seeds have an aromatic 

 smell, and pleasant, warm taste, 

 furnishing an aromatic oil : anise - 

 seed or aniseed, the seed of the 

 plant ; the Pimpinella anisum. 



anisos, an-is'd's (Gr. anisos, un- 

 equal), in composition, denoting 

 'unequal:' anisomerous, a., an'- 

 t'Sdrn'Sr-us (Gr. meros, a part), 

 unsymmetrical. 



anisostemonous, a., tints' ds* tern'- 

 on- us (Gr. anisos, unequal; sterna, 

 the stamen of a plant, the warp of 

 a web), having stamens neither 

 equal in number to the floral 

 envelopes, nor a multiple of them : 

 anisostemopetalous, a., an-is-d- 

 sffimf'd-pet'dl'us (Gr. sterna, a 

 stamen; petalon, a petal), naving 



