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Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple.

ne of several fungus diseases, caused by parasitic species of the series Melanconiales, attacking the bean, grape, melon, cotton, and other plants. In the case of the grape, brown concave spots are formed on the stem and fruit, and the disease is called bird's-eye rot.

ce of; -- used in composition in many English words. It is often shortened to ant-; as, antacid, antarctic.

repugnance; distaste. Inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments to others, are to be avoided. Washington.

See Mataco.

Hence, a brief or detached view; conspectus; sketch.

of the power of speech, or of the appropriate use of words, the vocal organs remaining intact, and the intelligence being preserved. It is dependent on injury or disease of the brain.

of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.

the thicker and denser of the deep fasciæ which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia.

A tap or stamp of the foot as a warning of intent to attack; -- called also attack.

To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.

Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.

To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline. Apply thine heart unto instruction. Prov. xxiii. 12.

Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically. Ellicott.

r written; to inform; -- followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done.

constituting the seventh Linnæn order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders.

A genus of fresh-water phyllopod crustaceans. See Phyllopod.

Attached to, found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or trees; as, arboreal animals. Woodpeckers are eminently arboreal. Darwin.

An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as between the nervures of an insect's wing.

o small spaces or areolations, as the wings of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound flowers.