acetabulous 
acondylous 
acetab’ulous, acetabu'leus, acetabu- 
lo'sus are variations in form of the 
word ; Acetab’ulum (Lat.) the re- 
ceptacle of some Fungi. 
aceta'rious (acetaria, vegetables with 
vinegar), relating to salad herbs ; 
Ac’etary, Grew’s term for salading. 
ace’tic, pertaining to vinegar, ace- 
tum; ~ Fermentation, oxidation of 
alcoholic liquids, caused by the 
compound Fungus, popularly known 
as ‘Mother of Vinegar,” Bacte- 
rium xylinum, A. J. Brown ; ac’e- 
tose, aceto'sus, sour, acid. 
-a/ceus, a Latin suffix of resemblance, 
as folia'ceus, leaf-like; in English 
it becomes -aceous. 
Achae’na, Achae’nium, = ACHENE. 
Achae’nocarp (axavis, not gaping; 
xaprés, fruit), or Ache’nocarp, any 
dry indehiscent fruit. 
Achascophy’tum (a, privative, xacoxw, 
I open, gvurov, a plant), a plant 
with indehiscent fruit. 
acheil’ary (a, without; xeidos, a 
lip), wanting a lip, as some Orchids, 
Achene, pr. a-kén’, Ache’nium (a, not ; 
xalvw, I gape), a small, hard, dry, 
indehiscent fruit, strictly of one 
free carpel as in the buttercup; 
occasionally consisting of more than 
one carpel as in Composites, in the 
latter case with adnate calyx. Also 
spelt Akene, Ake’nium, etc. ; Acheno’- 
dium, a double achene, as the cre- 
mocarp of Umbelliferae. 
achlamyd’eous, achlamyd’eus (a, with- 
out; xAauds, a cloak), destitute of 
perianth, as in willows. 
Achyrophy’tum (dxupov, chaff ; puro», 
a plant), a plant with glumaceous 
flowers, as grasses. 
achromat’ic (a, without; xpwya, 
colour); (1) without coleur, ach- 
roous ; (2) not readily taking colour ; 
~ Spindle, the thread-like proto- 
plasmic figures in karyokinesis, 
between the poles; Achro’matin, 
Flemming’s term for the basic sub- 
stance of the nucleus, less sus- 
ceptible of staining than the chro- 
mosomes, the Nuclein of Stras- 
burger. 
achro’mus, ach’roos (dxpoéw, to be 
without colour, pale), colourless ; 
hyaline ; Achroodex’trin (+ Dextrin) 
one of the group of dextrins not 
coloured by iodine ; cf EryTHRO- 
DEXTRIN, AMYLODEXTRIN. 
Acic’ula (acus, a needle), the bristle- 
like continuation of the rhachilla 
of a grass; Acic’ulae, tooth-like 
processes of the hymenium of 
certain Hymenomycetous Fungi; 
acie’ular, acicula’ris, slender or 
needle-shaped ; acic’ulate, acicu- 
la/tus, aciculi’nus, superficially 
marked as if scratched with a 
pin; acicu'liform (forma, shape), 
needle-like. 
acido’tus (dxcdwrds, pointed), when 
branches or organs end in a spine 
or hard point. 
A’cies (Lat. edge), the edge or angle 
of certain stems. 
ac’iform (acus, a needle; forma, 
shape) =acicular. 
acina’ceous (acinus, a seeded berry + 
aceous), full of kernels. 
acinac’ifolius (acinaces, a scimitar ; 
Jfolium, a leaf), a fleshy leaf, curved 
like a scimitar ; acinac’iform, acina- 
ciform'is, scimitar-shaped. 
acina’rius (acinus, a grape-seed), 
when a stem is covered with 
vesicles resembling grape-seeds ; 
Ac‘ine, Ac’inus (Lat.), a single 
member of such fruits as the 
raspberry, a drupel; formerly 
used for a bunch of fruit, as of 
grapes; Acinoden’drus (dévdpov, a 
tree), a plant whose fruit is in 
bunches ; ac’inose, acino’sus, like 
grapes, or of granular bodies re- 
sembling them. 
aciphyl’lus (aki, a point, vAdo», 
a leaf), a linear and pointed 
leaf. 
Aclythrophy’tum (a, without, «A«zpor, 
adoor, ¢urdv, a plant), plants whose 
seeds are supposed to be naked, 
without a pericarp. 
acond’ylose, acond’ylous (a, without, 
xovdudos, a knuckle or finger-joint), 
said of plants which have no joints 
or nodes, 
