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acerosus needle-shaped, stiffish needles as of Pines; pointed, needle-like; sharp, bitter, from acer, acris. Use<br />

by error from Linnaeus, from acerōs-us chaffy, from acus, aceris, chaff; apparently afterwards referred in error<br />

to acus, acu-s, a needle or acer sharp; now used to mean needleshaped and rigid, as it has been used by<br />

botanists since Linnæus. (OED)<br />

acerrimus -a -um most bitter, most sharp; superlative of acer, for the burning taste.<br />

acerus <strong>with</strong>out wax<br />

acerv-, acervus, -acervus Latin acervus, a heap, a mass.<br />

acervus -i m. a heap, mass; in logic, an argument by accumulation.<br />

acervatus heaped up promiscously, as <strong>with</strong> some fungus, from Latin acervātus, past pple. of acervāre to<br />

heap.<br />

acest- acesto- Greek ακεστος, akestos, healing, curing; remedy<br />

acestr-, acestra, -acestra Greek ακεστρα, akestra, a darning needle<br />

acet-, acet-, -aceto, acetum, -acetum, acetyl, -acetyl Latin acētum (aceta), vinegar, referring to acid<br />

acetab- Latin acetabulum, a vinegar cup, the socket of the hip joint.<br />

acetabul-, acetabulum, -acetabulum Latin a vinegar cup or saucer, or a saucerful, from acētābulum, an<br />

ancient Roman and old medical fluid measure, about 2 fluid ounces, from acētum vinegar, and -abulum<br />

dimutive of -abrum, a holder or receptacle; in anatomy, the little, cup-shaped, hip socket; also a term for a cupshaped<br />

organ on many plants and animals.<br />

acetabulosus -a -um like a little cup, saucer-shaped, saucer-like; cup-shaped, concave; from Latin<br />

acetabulum-ulosus (or just -osus), suffix for plenitude or notable development.<br />

acetabuliformis bowl-shaped or cup shaped<br />

acetophylla acid-leaved<br />

Acetosa from acetum -i n., Latin vinegar, and -osus, adjectival suffix noting plenitude or notable<br />

development, full of, prone to.<br />

Acetosella, acetosellus -a -um acetosel'la (ass-eh-toe-SEL-la) literally little vinegar, the feminine diminutive of<br />

acetum, by extension sour, slightly acid, vinegary.<br />

acetosus -a -um slightly acid; sour, acid, from Latin acetum. Sour gives the cognate sorrel.<br />

acetum -i n. Latin vinegar<br />

-aceus -a -um -resembling, Latin -aceus, adjectival suffix indicating a resemblance, of..., ...like, of the nature<br />

of, belonging to, mixture using, fragrance of, used <strong>with</strong> noun bases (a plant name, as Rose-aceous); borrowed<br />

from nouns declined like ...ax, ...acis + eus.<br />

ach- Greek αχος, achos, ache, pain.<br />

achaetus -a -um lacking bristles, from Greek α-χαιτη, a-chaita(η?).<br />

achan- Greek αχανης, achanes, mute <strong>with</strong> astonishment, yawning, wide-mouthed,<br />

achatinus -a -um banded <strong>with</strong> colors, the color of agate, chalcedony-like, from Greek αχατης, achates.<br />

achelensis -is -e from the Sierra de Achela, Argentina.<br />

achen Greek αχην, achen, poor, needy; not gaping.<br />

achet-, acheta, -acheta, acheto Latin singing, sounding; a cicada (Borror).<br />

achet-, acheta- Greek αχετας, akhetas, ηχτης, ekhtes, clear-sounding, musical, shrill; chirping (of a cicada).<br />

Achicodonia the composite generic name for hybrids between Achimenes and Eucodonia (properly<br />

XAchicdonia),<br />

Achille Greek mythology a character who had a vulnerable heel<br />

Achillea Achil'lea (classically a-kil-LEE-a, a-KILL-ee-a, or locally a-KIL-lee-a) New Latin, from Latin achillea,<br />

achilleos, a plant, from Greek achilleios, a plant supposed to have been used medicinally by the warrior Achillēs,<br />

Achillēus, (Latin), Ἀχιλεύς, Akhileus, of Greek mythology, from ἀχίλλειος, akhilleios, of Achilles. Achilles is said<br />

to have discovered it’s healing power and used plants of this genus to staunch his wounds or the wounds of his<br />

soldiers at the battle for Troy. Achilles learned medicine from Chiron the centaur. (Compositae)<br />

achilleaefolius Achillea-leaved, from Achillea, the genus, and folium, foli(i), n., noun, a leaf.<br />

achilleoides resembling milfoil, or Yarrow, Achillea<br />

Achimenantha the composite generic name for hybrids between Achimenes and Trichantha.<br />

Achimenes etymology uncertain; magic-plant, from Greek αχαεµηνις, akhaemnis; tender-one, from Greek αχειµαινω,<br />

a-chemaino, (cold-hating). Achaemenes was the reputed founder of the Persian dynasty of 553-330<br />

BC.<br />

achlamydeus <strong>with</strong>out a cloak, <strong>with</strong>out a perianth as in Willows.<br />

achly-, achlyo-, achlys, -achlys Greek αχλυεις, akhlyeis, gloomy, darkness, dismal.<br />

Achlys Greek for Achlus, a god of night; for Achlys, the goddess of obscurity.

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