Achimenes (akimenez)

[Perhaps from L. achæmen is, number of varieties has been largely increased by cultivation. A chinese (ach-i-nes' or -nēz'), a. and n. I. a. Pertaining to Achin (also written Acheen, Atch in, and Atcheen ), a territory in the northwestern part of the island of Sumatra. II. n. sing . and pl . 1. A native or an inhabitant of Achin, or the people of Achin. 2. The language used by the A chinese, which belongs to the Malayan family, and is written with Arabic characters. Also written Acheenese and At chinese . In the a chlamydate forms [of branchiogastropods) true Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 437. gills are usually absent. Achlamydeæ (ak-la-mid'ē-ē), n. pl. [NL., fem. pl. of achlamydeus: see achlamydeous.] In bot., a term proposed by Lindley for a group of dicotyledonous orders in which both calyx and corolla are wanting, at least in the pistillate flowers, as in willows and birches. achlamydeous (ak-la-mid'e-us), a. [ a chlorophyllous (a-klo-ro-fil'us or ak-lō-rof'ilus), a. [Gr. apriv. + χλωρός, green, + φίλ λον, leaf: see a -18, chlorophyl, yl, and -ous.] In bot., destitute of chlorophyl.