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acutiusculus sharply pointed<br />

acutus -a -um, acuti- acu'tus (ak-YOO-tus) acutely angled, acutely pointed, sharp, tapering to a point, made<br />

pointed, sharply angled at the top, from Latin acutus.<br />

acylo- Greek ακυλος, akylos, an acorn of the holm oak, Quercus ilex.<br />

ad, ad-, as- Latin preposition and prefix, at, to-, <strong>towards</strong>-, near-, compared <strong>with</strong>-, into, on, onto, from Latin<br />

ad (ads- often becomes as-, as adscendo becomes ascendo).<br />

ad- Anglo Saxon suffix <strong>towards</strong>.<br />

-ad Greek -αδ, -ad, Latin -ad, suffix ‘to’, <strong>towards</strong>, near.<br />

Ad astra per alia porci Latin "to the stars on the wings of a pig" A favorite saying of John Stienbeck. One<br />

of his professors told him that he would be an author when pigs flew. Every book he wrote was printed <strong>with</strong><br />

this insignia.<br />

ad hoc Latin for this purpose<br />

ad hominem Latin dealing <strong>with</strong> an individual<br />

Ad rem Latin dealing <strong>with</strong> an issue<br />

Ad infinitum indefinitely, from Latin until infinite<br />

ad libitum off the cuff, from Latin at pleasure<br />

ad nauseum endlessly, from Latin until sickness<br />

adam- Latin adamus, Greek αδαµας, adamas, unconquerable, -hence the hardest of metals; diamond.<br />

adama-, adamanto Greek unconquerable; diamond; iron<br />

adamantinus -a -um diamond-like, hard, steely, from Greek αδαµαντινος, adamantinos, Latin adamas,<br />

adamantis; adamanteus, adamantinus; also from Diamond Lake, Oregon, USA, or from Brazil.<br />

adamantis -is -e from Diamond Head, Hawaii, from Latin adamas, adamantis, diamond.<br />

adamantinus -a -um adamant, unyielding, impenetrable, from Latin adamanteus, adamantinus.<br />

adamast- Greek αδαµαστος, adamastos, untamed, unconquered.<br />

adamsii ad'amsii (AD-ams-ee-eye)<br />

adanensis -is -e from Adana, Turkey.<br />

Adansonia for Michel Adanson (1727-1806), French botanist in Senegal, author of Familes des Plantes<br />

(1763), who used anatomy and statistics in his work: the baobab tree genus.<br />

adap- Latin adaperire, to fully open.<br />

adapi- New Latin Adap-is, a rabbit, of unknown origin, an extinct genus of lemur-like primates.<br />

adapt- Latin adaptare, to fit to.<br />

adarca, adarcae f., or adarce, adarces f. Latin noun, a salty deposit or effolescence on reeds; froth on sedge<br />

forming spongy growth.<br />

adauctus multiplied, increased<br />

addict- Latin devoted, compelled<br />

addisonii<br />

adduct- Latin adductus, stretched, strained, contracted.<br />

adductus -a -um fused together, from Latin adduco, adducere, adduxi, adductum.<br />

ade Greek αδεια, adeia, enough, abundant, abundantly; to be sated.<br />

-ade, -ad Latin suffix pertaining to, relating to, akin to, made of.<br />

adeag- Greek αιδοια, aidoia, genitals.<br />

adecto- Greek αδηκτος, adektos, not recieved, incredible.<br />

adel-, adelo- Greek unknown, secret, unseen, invisible, obscure, concealed, uncertain, from αδηλος, adelos.<br />

Adelostigma obscure stigma, from Greek αδηλος, adelos, unseen or obscure, and στιγµα, stigma.<br />

adelph-, adelpho-, adelphus, -adelphus Greek a brother, kinsman, colleague, brotherly, fellow-like, coupled,<br />

from αδελφος, adelphos, relating to features of the stamens or androecium.<br />

adelphicus -a -um being brothers, brotherly, coupled, appearing in pairs, closely related, from Greek<br />

αδελφος, adelphos.<br />

-aden Greek combining form suffix, -ἀδήν, -aden, gland, from ἀδήν, ἀδένα, aden, adena, an acorn, a gland.<br />

aden, -aden, adeno- Greek a gland, gland-, glandular-, from αδην-, aden-, αδηνος, adenos, αδηνο- adeno-.<br />

adenanthus a -um <strong>with</strong> glandular flowers, from αδην, aden, a gland and ανθος, anthos.<br />

Adenium from Aden, for the provenence of one species.<br />

Adeno, adenos Greek ἀδην, aden, ἀδενος, adenos, f. gland, referring to a gland<br />

adenocalycus, adenocalyx <strong>with</strong> glandular calyx, studded <strong>with</strong> glands from Greek αδηνο- adeno-, and καλυξ,<br />

kalyx.

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