Definitions for "Acyclic"
Not cyclic; not disposed in cycles or whorls
Of a flower, having its parts inserted spirally on the receptacle.
(adj.) Having floral parts that are arranged spirally (instead of in whorls).
Keywords:  botany
Keywords:  aliphatic, chain, structure, open
Having an open-chain structure; aliphatic.
Keywords:  graph, path, node, attribute, edges
Attribute of a graph. A graph is called acyclic when there is no path of edges that starts and ends at the same node.