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GLOSSARY. 
Angiospermous. Having the seeds enclosed within a pericarp. 
Annuals. Of one year’s duration. 
Annular. Ring-shaped. 
Anther. The polliniferous part of stamens. 
Antheridium. In cryptogams, the organ corresponding to an anther. 
Anthesis. Period of expansion of a flower. 
Apetalous. Having no petals. 
Apical. Situated at the apex. 
Apiculate. Terminating in a short point. 
Appressed. Lying close to anything. 
Aquatic. Living in water. 
Arachnoid. Cobwebby. 
Archegonium. The organ in higher cryptogams, corresponding to a pistil. 
Arcuate. Curved. 
Areolate. Reticulate. 
Aril. An appendage growing at or near the hilum of a seed. 
Arillate. Having an aril. 
Articulate. Having a joint. 
Ascending. Tending upward. 
Assurgent. The same as former. 
Attenuate. Becoming thin or slender. 
Auricle. Ear-shaped appendage. 
Auriculate. Having auricles. 
Awl-shaped. Narrowed upward to a rigid point. 
Awn. A bristle-shaped appendage. 
Axil. The angle between a petiole or branch and the stem. 
Axile. Situated in the axis. 
Axillary. Situated in an axil. 
Axis. The main central line of any organ or group of organs. 
Baccate. Berry-like; pulpy throughout. 
Barbed. Furnished with rigid points or short bristles, usually reflexed 
like the barb of a fishhook. 
Basal, basilar. At, or pertaining to the base. 
Beaked. Ending in a beak or prolonged tip. 
Bearded. Furnished with long, stiff hairs. 
Berry. A fruit whose entire pericarp is pulpy or fleshy. 
Bi or bis, as a prefix, means doubly. 
Bidentate. Having two teeth. 
Bienuial. Of two years’ duration. 
Bifid. Two-cleft. 
Bilabiate. Two-lipped. 
Bilocellate. Having two secondary cells. 
Bilocular. Two celled. 
Bisexual. Having both stamens and pistils. 
Bladdery. Like an inflated bladder. 
