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of lichens, forming a receptacle 

 for the reproductive bodies or 

 spores: apothecia, n. plu., dp-o- 

 the'-shi-a. 



appendices epiploicse, dp-pen^ 

 dis-ez Zp'-ip-lo'-is-e (L. appendix, 

 an addition, a supplement j Gr. 

 epiploon, the omen turn), the 

 epiploic appendage ; masses of 

 i'at attached by pedicles along 

 the free border of the intestines, 

 which support the intestines : 

 appendix vermiformis, verm'-i- 



fdrm'-is (L. vermis, a worm ; 



forma, shape), a small portion 

 of the caecum which hangs down 

 in a worm-like shape in the 

 centre of the abdomen remark- 

 able for no known use. 



NOTE. The enormous caecum of many 

 of the lower animals is, in man, 

 dwindled to a worm-like sac which 

 has received this name. 



appendiculate, &.,dp'p%nd' ! ilf-ul'dt 

 (L. appendicula, a small append- 

 age), having a little appendage, 

 as the scaly appendages of corollas, 

 or found at the base of certain 

 filaments. 



applanate, a., ap' plan- at (L. ad, 

 to ; plandtus, made flat from 

 pldnus, level, flat), in bot., 

 flattened out ; horizontally ex- 

 panded. 



apposite, a., ap'p8z-it (L. ad, to ; 

 positus, placed or put), in bot., 

 having similar parts similarly 

 placed, as side by side : appositi- 

 onal, a., dp'-poz-'isli'-un'dl, in 

 algae, having two branches lying 

 side by side, partly uniting as to 

 appear a compound branch. 



appressed, a., dp-prest' (L. ap, 

 for ad, at or to ; pressus, pressed, 

 kept under), in bot., denoting 

 leaves which are applied to each 

 other, face to face, without being 

 folded or rolled together. 



Aptera, n. plu., dpt'-er-d (Gr. a, 

 without ; pteron, a wing), a di- 

 vision of insects characterized by 

 the absence of wings in the adult 

 condition : apterous, a. , dpt f >er* 



us, without wings : apteryx, n., 

 dpt'-Zr-iks (Gr. pterux, a wing), 

 the wingless bird of New Zealand, 

 of the Ord. Cursores. 



aqua fortis, dV-wdfort'-is (L. aqua, 

 water ; fortis, strong), strong 

 water, the popular name for 

 'nitric acid:' aqua regia, redj'-i-d 

 (L. regius> royal), a mixture of 

 nitric and hydrochloric acids, 

 so called from its power of dissolv- 

 ing gold, the king of metals. 



AquifoliaceaB, n. plu., dk'-wifol- 

 I'ds'-Z-e (L. aquifolium^ the holly 

 tree ;. aquifolius, having sharp or 

 pointed leaves from acus, a 

 needle, and folium, a leaf), the 

 Holly family, an Order of evergreen 

 trees or shrubs : Aquifolium, n. , 

 dkf'Wi'foV-i'Um, the common holly, 

 indigenous to Britain, forms ex- 

 cellent fences. 



AquilariaceaB, n. plu., dlc'-wil-dr- 

 i-ds'8-e(L. aquila, an eagle from 

 the genus being called eagle-wood 

 in Malacca), the Aquilaria family: 

 Aquilaria, n. plu., dlc'-wil-dr'-i-d, 

 a genus of evergreen shrubs, com- 

 prising the eagle-wood, aloes- 

 wood, and lign-aloes. 



arabin, n., dr'-db-m (from Arabia, 

 where the gum -producing trees 

 abound), a substance familiarly 

 known as gum-arabic or gum- 

 senegal ; the kind of gum which 

 is soluble in cold water. 



AraceaB, n. plu., ar-ds'-Z-e (L. 

 arum or aros, Gr. aron, the 

 plant arum or wakerobin), the 

 Arum family, whose general prop- 

 erty is acridity. 



Arachis, n., dr'-ak-ls (Gr. a, with- 

 out ; rhachis, a backbone or 

 spine), a genus of plants of the 

 Sub-ord. Papilionaceae, and Ord. 

 Leguminosae, having only one 

 species, the Arachis hypogaea, 



earth, subterranean from hupo, 

 under ; gaia, the earth), a singul- 

 ar plant that bears no branches, 

 and has the strange power of 

 forcing the fruit or pods as they 



