GLOSSARY. 



In giving the derivation of words in the Glossary, the ahbreviation L. signifies that the 

 root word is Latin, and Gr. that it is Greek; pr. =pronounced: pi. =plural. 



Acaulesc'ent (Gr. a, without; L. caulis, a stem); with little or no apparent 



stem above ground. 

 Acces'sory fruit (L. accessus, an accession or increase) : a fruit having the 



receptacle or other parts as an important part of the whole, as in the 



strawberry. Fig. 329. 

 Accumb'ent (L. accumbere, to lie down or recline) ; applied to cotyledons in 



the seed when lying against the hypocotyl. 

 Achene', pr. a-ken' (Gr. a, without or not; chaineiti, to gape open) : a small, 



dry and hard, indehiscent, one-seeded fruit consisting of a single carpel. 



Figs. 316-318. 

 Achlamyd'eous (Gr. a, without; chlamys, a cloak) : without calyx and corolla. 

 Acic'ular (L. acicula, diminutive of acus, needle) : slender or needle-shaped. 

 Acu'leate (L. aculeus, a sting or prickle) ; prickly, as the stem of the rose. 

 Acu'leolate : somewhat prickly. 

 Acu'minate (L. acuminare, to sharpen) : gradually tapering to a point. 



Fig. 247. 

 Acute' (L. aculus, sharpened) ; sharply, but rather abruptly pointed. Fig. 248. 

 Adelph'ous (G. adelphos, brother) ; having stamens united into groups or 



brotherhoods. 

 Ad'nate (L. adnascor, to grow to): united or growing together — applied 



only to the union of unlike parts, as of stamens to petals. When the 



term is applied to anthers, it signifies that they are attached for their 



whole length to the inner or outer face of the filaments. Fig. 293. 

 Adventi'tious (L. adventicuis, unusual) ; out of the usual place — applied to 



buds and roots. 

 JEstiva'tion (L. mstivare, to spend or pass the summer) : the arrangement 



of the parts of the flower in the bud. Figs. 283-287. 

 Ag'gregate fruit (L. ad -\- gregare, to collect into a flock or herd, from grex, 



a flock or herd) : a fruit having the carpels assembled over a common 



receptacle, as in the blackberry. Fig. 330. 

 A'late, pr. a'late (L. ala, a wing) ; winged, or having a thin expansion like 



the fruit of an elm. Fig. 319. 

 Albu'men ( L. albus, white) ; reserve food materials stored in a seed. 

 Albu'minous : having albumen. 



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