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Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind- Fertilized. Lubbock.

angelic acid; angelic ether. Angelic acid, an acid obtained from angelica and some other plants.

An aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic.

Vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels.

An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants. Morin.

A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.

A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also pigeon pea and Congo pea.

A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.

An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds.

ng only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets. Bacon.

A genus of tropical or subtropical plants of the natural order Anonaceæ, including the soursop.

Pertaining to the order of plants including the soursop, custard apple, etc.

A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.

Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete. See Aphips.

Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants.

Producing anthers, as plants.

A fossil plant, like a petrified flower.

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.

Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man; as, an anthromorphous plant. "Anthromorphous apes." Darwin.

ly symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants.