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_Amplexicaul._ Clasping the stem.
_Anastomosing._ Connecting by cross-veins and forming a network.
_Anatropous_ (ovule). Inverted and straight, with the micropyle next the hilum and the radicle consequently inferior.
_Androgynous_ (inflorescence). Composed of both staminate and pistillate flowers.
_-androus_. In composition, having stamens.
_Angiospermous._ Having the seeds borne within a pericarp.
_Annual._ Of only one year's duration. _Winter annual_, a plant from autumn-sown seed which blooms and fruits in the following spring.
_Annular._ In the form of a ring.
_Anterior._ On the front side of a flower and next the bract, remote from the axis of inflorescence, equivalent to inferior and (less properly) exterior.
_Anther._ The polliniferous part of a stamen.
_Antheridium._ In Cryptogams, the organ corresponding to an anther.
_Antheriferous._ Anther-bearing.
_Antherizoid._ One of the minute organs developed in an antheridium, corresponding to pollen-grains.
_Anthesis._ The time of expansion of a flower.
_Apetalous._ Having no petals.
_Apical._ Situated at the apex or tip.
_Apiculate._ Ending in a short pointed tip.
_Appressed._ Lying close and flat against.
_Aquatic._ Growing in water.
_Arachnoid._ Cobwebby, of slender entangled hairs.
_Archegonium._ The organ corresponding to a pistil in the higher Cryptogams.
_Arcuate._ Moderately curved.
_Areolate._ Marked out into small s.p.a.ces, reticulate.
_Aril._ An appendage growing at or about the hilum of a seed.
_Arillate._ Having an aril.
_Articulate._ Jointed; having a node or joint.
_Ascending._ Rising somewhat obliquely, or curving upward. _Ascending ovule_, one that is attached above the base of the ovary and is directed upward.
_a.s.surgent._ Ascending.
_Attenuate._ Slenderly tapering, becoming very narrow.
_Auricle._ An ear-shaped appendage.
_Auriculate._ Furnished with auricles.
_Awl-shaped._ Narrowed upward from the base to a slender or rigid point.
_Awn._ A bristle-shaped appendage.
_Axil._ The angle formed by a leaf or branch with the stem.
_Axile._ Situated in the axis.
_Axillary._ Situated in an axil.
_Axis._ The central line of any organ or support of a group of organs; a stem, etc.
_Baccate._ Berry like; pulpy throughout.
_Barbed._ Furnished with rigid points or short bristles, usually reflexed like the barb of a fish-hook.
_Barbellate._ Finely barbed.
_Barbulate._ Finely bearded.
_Basal, Basilar._ At or pertaining to the base.
_Basifixed._ Attached by the base.
_Beaked._ Ending in a beak or prolonged tip.
_Bearded._ Bearing a long awn, or furnished with long or stiff hairs.
_Berry._ A fruit the whole pericarp of which is fleshy or pulpy.
_Bi-_ or _Bis-_. A Latin prefix signifying two, twice, or doubly.
_Bidentate._ Having two teeth.
_Biennial._ Of two years' duration.
