Acuminate: alternatives and connections

The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.

Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.

The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oospore.

A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone.

The inner fibrous bark of various plants; esp. of the lime tree; hence, matting, cordage, etc., made therefrom.

Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election.

A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collecti…

Same as Callosity

The covering of a flower. See Flower.

The act or state of sticking together; close union.

A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person. See Carus.

The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.

The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds the organs of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves, called petals…

A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant

(botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination

(botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone