A-cu´min-ate, ending in a prolonged tapering point.

A-nat´ro-pous, a name applied to an ovule or seed which grows so that the funiculus coheres to the whole length forming a raphe along the edge bringing the hilum near the micropyle while the chalaza is at the other extremity.

A´pex, the tip or growing point of an organ.

Awn, a bristle-shaped appendage.

Barbed, furnished with rigid points or short bristles, usually reflexed like the barb of a fish-hook.