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Abstergent. Possessing a cleansing quality. 
Acalycalis. Applied when the stamens contract no adhesion 
with the calyx. 
Acalycinus. Without a calyx. 
Acanthocarpus. Fruit having spines. 
Acantiiocladus. Branches having spines. 
Acanthophorus. Bearing spines, or stout bristles. 
Acanthopodius. Footstalks of the leaf-bearing spines. 
Acaulis. Without stems; applied to herbaceous plants. 
Accessory. An addition to the usual number or condition of 
organs, or their parts. 
Accisus. An abrupt termination; appearing to have been 
cut off. 
Acclimatize. To render a plant capable of enduring without 
protection the changes of a climate to which it is not indi¬ 
genous. 
Accretion. The growing of contiguous parts or organs together 
in the manner of a graft. 
Acerose. Needle pointed; applied to the leaves of plants re¬ 
sembling those of the Coniferse. 
Acescent. Sour, acid. 
Acetarius. Anything suitable for a salad. 
Achlamydeous. Literally, without a coat; when flowers are 
destitute of a distinct perianth, as in the willows. 
Acicular. Pointed, needle-shaped. 
. Acinaciform. Scimitar-shaped, curved. 
Acini. Employed to signify the granules containing hard seeds, 
which compose pulpy berries, as in the strawberry, &c. 
Aciphyllus. A narrow sharp-pointed leaf. 
Acotyledon. Applied to plants which bear no true seeds, but 
are reproduced by sporules, as in Cryptogamia. 
Acronychius. Crooked, or bent inwards like the claw of an 
animal. 
Aculeate. Sharp-pointed, furnished with prickles. 
Aculei. Prickles, distinguished from spines by their falling off 
when old, which the latter do not. 
Acuminate. Extended to a long taper point. 
Acuminose. Nearly acuminate. 
Adenophorous. Studded with glandular points. 
Adherence. The union of parts, originally distinct. 
