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BOTANICAL DICTIONARY. 
A Caidis ^ acdulcs^ without flalk ; that is, when 
the flower of a plant grows clofe to the 
ground, having no viflble flialk. 
Acinus iA acini ^ ai c the berries or fruit of the 
Elder, Ivp, iAc, 
Ala^ is the Sinus of a Stalk, which the leaf or 
pedicle makes with the ftalk or branches. 
Apices^ Summits, are thofe bodies which hang u-' 
• pon the chives or threads, which generally furround 
the pointals of flowers, and contain the prolifick 
powder analogous to the male fperm in animals. 
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Arhoi\ a T ree, is deflncd to be a Woody plant of 
the largefl: growth, whofe trunk is perennial and 
Angle, and divided into feveral large branches •, which 
are again divided into fmaller twigs, on which the 
leaves, flowers, and fruits are produced. 
Arifta., is that fliarp-pointed needle which hands 
out from the huflc or covering of the grain of Corn, 
Grafs, fffc. and is called Awn or Beard. 
Articulation., is the connedlion -of parts that con- 
fifl: of joints or knees • fuch as the pods of Birds- 
foot, French Honey-fuckle, iAc. which, when ripe, 
'divide into fo many parts as there are joints. 
AkIs^ is a taper column, placed in the center of 
fome flowers, about which the other parts are difpo- 
fed. 
Bacca., a Berry, is a roundifh fruit, for the mofl: 
part foft, containing one or more feeds in a pulpy 
fiibflance. 
Balauftium., is the clip of the flower of the Wild 
Pomegranate, 
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