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N with malus towards none - Genesis Nursery

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asbol-, asbolo, asbolus, -asbolus Greek ασβολος, asbolos, soot.<br />

ascalonicus -a -um of Ascalon, Syria, an ancient Philistine city on the Mediterranean; alternately from<br />

Ashqelon, sw Israel, from Ascalon.<br />

ascidium from Greek ascos, sack and -idium Greek diminutive suffix.<br />

asc-, asci-, asco, ascus, -ascus Greek ασκος, askos, a leather, a hide bag (Williams), a bag, bladder.<br />

ascalaph-, ascalaphus, -ascalaphus Greek ασκαλαφος, askalaphos, perhaps an owl.<br />

ascalo- Greek ασκαλος, askalos, ασκαλευτος, askaleutos, unhoed, unweeded.<br />

ascar-, ascari-, ascaris, -ascaris Greek ασκαρις, askaris, an intestinal worm.<br />

ascaulo- Greek ασκαυλης, askaules, a bagpiper.<br />

asce-, ascet Greek practice; curiously wrought. (Borror)<br />

asce-, asceo-, ascet Greek ασκησις, askesis, exercise, practice, training, mode of life.<br />

ascello Greek ασκελης, askeles, dried up, <strong>with</strong>ered, worn out.<br />

ascend- Latin ascendere, to climb, to mount up, ascend, go up.<br />

ascendens ascen'dens (as-SEN-dens, properly as-KEN-dens) ascending, obliquely upward, rising upwards as a<br />

stem, from Latin ascendo, ascendere, acendi, ascensum.<br />

ascendiflorus -a -um flowering up the stem, from Latin ascendo, and florum.<br />

-ascens Latin adjectival suffix, -becoming, -turning, -tending-<strong>towards</strong>, -being, indicating a process of<br />

becoming or developing a characteristic, indicating an incomplete manifestation, such as albescens, becoming<br />

white, from Greek ονσια, onsia, Latin essentia.<br />

ascensinis from the Isle of Ascension by St. Helena<br />

ascetico- Greek ασκητικος, asketikos, laborious, rigorous practice, austere.<br />

asceto- Greek ασκητος, asketos, ornamented.<br />

ascheno- Greek ασχηµων, aschemon, misshapen, ugly, unseemly, shameful.<br />

Aschermittwoch German cv. Ash Wednesday<br />

ascheto- Greek ασχετος, aschetos, ungovernable, unmanageable.<br />

ascholo- Greek ασχολος, ascholos, busy, engaged.<br />

asci Greek ασκος, askos, a bag, bladder.<br />

asci-, ascia, -ascia Latin a hatchet, a carpenter’s axe, from ascia, asciae f., a carpenter's axe; a mason's<br />

trowel.<br />

ascid-, ascidi, ascidium, -ascidium Greek ασκιδιον, askidion, a little bag.<br />

ascidiiformis pitcher-shaped (doubtful translation)<br />

ascio Greek ασκιος, askios, <strong>with</strong>out shade, unshaded, shadowless.<br />

ascio, ascire Latin to take to oneself, adopt as one's own.<br />

asciocalyx <strong>with</strong> a tube, pitcher-like calyx<br />

ascisco asciscere ascivi ascitum Latin to receive, admit; of persons, to adopt; of things, to take up, approve;<br />

participle ascitus -a -um, foreign, acquired.<br />

ascit-, ascitus Latin acitus, alien, foriegn, acquired.<br />

asclepi-, asclepius, -asclepius Greek mythology Ασκληπιος, Asklepios, Aesculapius, mythological god of<br />

physicians or medicine.<br />

Asclepiadaceae Asclepiada'ceae (as-klep-ee-a-DAY-see-ee) from the genus name, Asclepias, and -aceae, the<br />

standardized Latin suffix of plant family names.<br />

asclepiadeus -a -um Asclepias-like, resembling a milkweed, Swallow-wort, etc, from Asclepias<br />

Asclepias Asclep'ias (commonly as-KLEP-ee-as, as-KLEEP-ee-as, ass-KLEP-ee-ass, better as a-SKLAY-pee-ass)<br />

New Latin, from Latin name for swallowwort (Cynanchum vincetoxicum), from Greek asklepias, from the name for<br />

Asklepios, Aesculapius, mythic physician-hero, sometimes worshiped as a god of medicine, referring to the plant’s<br />

medicinal properties, and -ias, Greek suffix indicating a close connection used <strong>with</strong> a noun base. Asklepios was the<br />

student of Chiron the Centaur and perfected the knowledge of medicinal plants.<br />

asco-, ascus wine-skin, bag-like, bag-, from Greek ασκος, askos, a bag, bladder.<br />

Ascocoryne bag-like-club, from Greek ασκο-κορυνη, asko-koryne, for the saprophytes concave-topped<br />

fruiting body.<br />

Ascolepis bag-scale, from Greek ασκο-λεπις, asco-lepis, from and Greek λεπίς, λεπιδο-, lepis, lepido-,<br />

scale.for the hypogynous scale enclosing the achene in some species.<br />

Ascyrum, ascyron not hard, soft, from Greek α-σκυρος, a-skyros. (Hypericaceae)<br />

-ase suffix taken from diastase, Greek διαστασις, diastasis, separation, and used in naming enzymes e.g.<br />

lactase maltase, etc.<br />

aselgo- Greek ασελγης, aselges, lewd, licentious, wanton.

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