Definitions beginning with ‘Ad’ – from the “Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening 1951″:
aden- – “in compound words, signifying a gland, as adenophorus, having glandular pedicels.”
Adenogynusaum – adenogy’nus -a -um – “having a glandular ovary”.
Adherent – “joined to, as one organ of a flower to a different organ.”
Adhesion – “union of different organs.”
Adiantifoliusaum – Adiantifo’lius -a -um – “having l. like a maiden-hair fern.”
Admirabilisise – Admira’bilis -is -e – “to be admired.”
Adpressusaum – Adpres’sus -a -um – “adpressed; pressed against.”
Adscendens – Adscen’dens – “ascending; half-erect, or curving upwards from a nearly prostrate base.”
Adsurgens – Adsur’gens – “rising erect.”
Adult – “Full-grown, or of a full-grown plant.”
Aduncusaum – adun’cus -a -um – “hooked.”
Adventitious – Having a different mode of origin from the normal, as roots borne on a stem or on a part of the root which has laready produced roots; or shoots produced from roots or from the callus covering a wound.”


