APIFORM

adj. A%p‘i?-fo2rm, Lat., api form is (from apis, a A%p(asp)'i2d-e(a8-e?), From apis (q. v.), A division of hymenopterous insects comprising the in Spain, near Huesca, bee, and form a, form). Fr., api for me. Ger., bienenfürmig. Bee shaped—an entomological species-name. [L, 116.] APIGENIN, n.?j/e’-i2n. From apium, parsley, and ‘yevväv, to beget. A substance of the composition C,5 H,90,, formed Along with glucose by decomposing api in with acias, |B, 207.] APIIFOLIUS (Lat.), adj. A®%p(a%p)-i?-i2-fo'li2-us(uts). From apium, parsley, and folium, a leaf. Having leaves resemblin; eee of parsley (a botanical species-name, e. g., Xanthorrhiza apit- ‘olia). n, A%p’i?-i9n, Lat., apiinum, Fr., apiine. Ger., Apiin. It., api A gelatinous substance, C4H,013, resembling’ pectin, obtained from parsley (Apium pet rose linum) by boiling with water. [B,5.] As described by other authorities, it is a tastele , odorle , erystallizable substance which has the chemical properties of a glucoside and the composition Ca7H220,8. [B, 207.]