GLOSSARY 



Abaxile. — Situated ofiF the axis. 



Abortive. — Imperfectly formed or rudimentary. 



Acaulescenl. — Without an obvious stem. 



Accumbent (cotyledons). — Their edges against the hypocotyl. 



Achene (akene). — A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit In which the testa 

 and pericarp are not firmly attached. 



Acropetal. — Developing from the outside (below) toward the inside (above). 



Actinomorphic. — Regular, ray-shaped; said of a flower when it can be 

 divided into symmetrical halves by radial planes. 



Acuminate. — Taper-pointed. 



Acute. — Merely sharp-pointed, or ending in a point less than a right angle. 



Adnate. — Grown fast to; appUed to the growing together of unlike parts. 



Adventitious. — Out of the ordinary place, as applied to buds or roots. 



Aestivation. — The arrangement of parts in the bud. 



Alliaceous. — With odor and taste of onions and garlic. 



Alternate (buds, flower parts, leaves, etc.). One after another singly at 

 the nodes. 



Ament. — Scaly unisexual spike of flowers. 



Amphilropous (ovules). Half-inverted and straight, with the hilum about 

 the middle, and micropyle terminal. 



Anatropous (ovules). — Inverted, straight and with micropyle next the 

 hilum. 



Andrcecium. — The stamens collectively. 



Annual (plant). — Produces flowers, fruit, and seed the same year it is 

 raised from seed, and then dies. Winter annuals germinate in autumn, and 

 produce seed the following spring or summer. 



Anmdar. — Forming a ring or circle, as embryo of beet. 



Apetalotis. — Without petals, as in buckwheat, etc. 



Apical. — At the tip or apex. 



Apocarpy. — Condition in which the carpels are separate. 



Apopetaly.—CoTiAition in which petals are separate and distinct. 



A rliculated. — Jointed. 



Auricle. — Ear-like structure. 



Auriculate. — Eared; furnished with ear-like appendages. 



Autogamy. — Pollination in which pollen is transferred from the anthers to 

 the stigma of the same flower. 



Awn. — Bristle-like structure, or beard. 



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