a cep halo rach i a (asefalorakia)

[NL., perior parts an aperture resembling a mouth. acephalothoracia (a-sefa-lō-tho-rā'si-ä), n. [NL.: see acephalothorus.] In teratol., absence of head and chest. Acer in inæ having opposite simple leaves and the fruit a double-winged samara. It includes about 50 species, of northern temperate regions, many of them valuable timber-trees or widely cultivated for shade and ornament. Sugar is obtained in America from the sap of A. sacchari num, the sugar-maple. See maple.