Acute. Ending with a sharp but not prolonged point.
Adherent. Growing fast to; adnate anther, attached for its whole length to the ovary.
Adnate. Essentially same as adherent, with the added idea of congenital adhesion.
Aggregate fruits. Formed by crowding together all the carpels of the same flower; as in the blackberry.
Ament. Name given to such flower-clusters as those of the willow, birch, poplar, etc.
Anther. The part of the stamen which bears the pollen.
Appressed. Lying close against another organ.
Ascending. Rising upward, or obliquely upward.
Axil. Angle formed on the upper side between the leaf stem or flower stem and the branch from which it springs.
Bract. Reduced leaf subtending a flower or flower-cluster.