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womb and they call acetabula the openings of the veins and 

 arteries which are said to open into the uterus. Even later 

 this name was given to a plant which they named Acetab- 

 ulum because it has leaves arranged in a circle like an acetab- 

 ulum, descending gradually into a hollow cavity so that they 

 deceive the senses. The Greeks call this KOTv\r]86ves. [Cf. 

 Acetabuliform.] 



Acinus. Acinus means not only the stones within the grape as 

 some think, but the whole fruit, which consists of juice, the 

 flesh-like part, the stones, and the enclosing skin. Galen 

 is our authority, who has written in Book 2, De facultatibus 

 alimentorum: "The acinus consists of four parts, of that, 

 naturally, which is as it were, flesh, and of that liquid scat- 

 tered through it whence we obtain wine, moreover of the 

 stone, and of that membranous covering which encloses all 

 these on the outside. By the Greeks it is called pa^. [Cf. 

 Acinus, Acinarius.] 



Aculei. Any rough, cone-shaped, pointed bodies which prick 

 like thorns are called aculei. [Cf. Aculeus, Aculeate.] 



Acus. Acus is the refuse of the grain, namely the lightest part 

 of that which is thrown beyond the threshing floor by the 

 winnowing forks. [Obsolete.] 



Adnata. Adnata or Adnascentia or Appendices are branches 

 which the trunk (caulis) occasionally produces like a new or 

 adopted off-shoot. They are so called because they have, 

 as it were, grown upon or been added to the stem. The 

 Greeks call them Trapa^udSes because they grow around 

 the stem. (Cf. Adnascent.] 



Alae. Alae are the angles between the stem and branches from 

 which successive new shoots originate. They are so called 

 by analogy to the human armpit. The Greeks call them 

 yuao-xdXat. [Obsolete in this sense. Cf. Alae.] 



Alabastra. Alabastra are jars for holding perfume, made of 

 very substantial and cold material, so called by the Greeks 

 because it is difficult to hold them on account of their smooth- 

 ness, and they easily slip and fall. Alabaster stone, now 

 termed alabaster, is so called because alabastra are made 

 from it. [Obsolete in this sense. Cf. Alabastrum.] 



