Absinthic 
acetabuliform 
Absinth'ic, referring to Artemisia 
Absinthium, Linn. ; Absinth’in, a 
bitter principle obtained from the 
same. 
ab’solute(absolu’tus, perfect,complete), 
actual, the opposite of relative. 
The absolute direction of an embryo 
may be inverted, but erect rela- 
tively to the carpel. 
Absorp'tion (absorp’tio, a beverage), 
the act of imbibing liquids or gases. 
Abstric’tion (ab, from, strictus, drawn 
together), a term which covers both 
Abjunction and Abscission. 
acalyca’lis (a, not; «dédvé, a cup) ; (1) 
having no calyx; (2) having no ad- 
hesion to the calyx; acal’ycine, 
acalyc’inous, acalyc?’nus, acal’ycis, 
destitute of calyx. 
acana’ceous (dxavos, a thistle-head ;+ 
aceous), prickly plants, such as 
thistles. 
Acanth’a, Acan’thon (dxav@a, a thorn), 
a spine or prickle ; acantha’ceous 
(-+aceous), (1) armed with prickles ; 
(2) belonging to the natural order 
Acantha’ceae, the typical genus 
being Acanth'us, Tourn; acanth’ine, 
pertaining to that genus; acan- 
thocarp’ous (xaprés, fruit), having 
spiny fruit; acanthocla’dous (xdddos, 
a branch), acanthocla’dus, with 
spiny branches; acanthoph’orous, 
(pépw, I bear), acanthoph’orus, 
spine-bearing; acanthop’odous (7ovs, 
modos, a foot), having petiole or 
peduncle furnished with spines or 
prickles; Acanth’ospheres (cdaipa, 
a sphere), ciliated bodies in the 
cells of Nitella, termed ‘‘ Stachel- 
kiigeln” by the Germans. 
Acaro-doma'tia (Acarus, the typical 
genus of mites; dwudriov, a little 
house), formations on plants adapted 
to shelter Acari when of service to 
the host. 
acarp’ous (a, not, xapmds, fruit), des- 
titute of fruit. 
acaulesc’ent, acaulesc’ens, becoming 
stemless ; acaul'ine, acaul’ose, 
acaul’ous, acaul'is, stemless or 
seemingly so. Acaulo’sia, abnor- 
mal deficiency of stem. 
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access’ ory (accessio, something added), 
an addition or appendage; ~ Buds, 
those additional to the axillary and 
normal buds, and frequently as- 
suming their function ;~ Branches, 
those which spring from the fore- 
going; ~ Cell, the sister-cell of a 
guard-cell of a stoma; ~ Fruits, 
parts which are conspicuous but 
form no part of the pistil, as the 
enlarged torus of the strawberry, 
a pseudo-carp ; ~ Gonid’ia, forma- 
tions occurring in Mucorini besides 
the typical gonidia. 
accident’al = adventitious. 
acci’sus (Lat.) denotes an end havin 
an acute sinus between two rounde 
angles. 
Accommoda’tion (accommodatio, an 
adjustment) Adaptation. 
accresc’ent, accresc’ens, increasing in 
size with age, as the calyx of some 
plants after flowering. 
accrete’ (accre'tus, grown together), 
agglutinate, naturally grafted. 
Accre’tion, Accre’tio, (1) growing to 
one another ; (2) increase by addi- 
tion of particles to the outside. 
accumb’ent, accumb'ens, lying against 
another body ; ~ Cotyle’dons, those 
having their edges against the 
radicle, thus o=. 
acellera’tus (Lat.), somewhat acerose. 
Acen’ium = ACHENE. 
aceph’alous, aceph’alus (a, without ; 
kepaht, a head), headless ; used for 
an ovary which is not terminated 
by the stigma, as in Labiatae. 
acer‘ic, pr. a-ser’-ik, pertaining to the 
genus Acer, the Maple or Sycamore. 
a’cerose, a’cerous, acero’sus (acer, 
sharp), needle-shaped, like the 
leaves of Pinus ; Acero’sae, a term 
proposed by A. Braun for the 
Coniferae, ‘ 
acer'vate (acervus, a heap), heaped 
up ; Acer’vulus (Lat., a little heap), 
1. Acer’vuli, small clusters, as of 
ungi appearing on bark or leaves. 
acetab'uliform, acetabuliform’is (Ace- 
tabulum, a cup or vinegar cruet; 
Jorma, shape), saucer-shaped, used 
of the fructification of some lichens ; 
