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A new convert or proselyte; -- a name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to such as have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, esp. to converts from heathenism or Judaism.

Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (collectively termed oöphytes or Oöphyta), which have their sexual reproduction accomplished by motile antherozoids acting on oöspheres, either while included in their oögonia or after exclusion.

Of or pertaining to an oöphyte.

An oxytocic medicine or agent.

One of three hydroxy derivatives of toluene, called the cresols. See Cresol.

Having an acute sound; (Gr. Gram.), having an acute accent on the last syllable.

Oxytone.

A paleobotanist.

Paleobotany.

Belonging to, or representative of, those who hold Presbyterian views in all parts of the world; as, a Panpresbyterian council.

Affected with paralysis, or palsy. The cold, shaking, paralytic hand. Prior.

See Paralytic.

A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.

alkaloid obtained from a white bark resembling that of the cinchona, first brought from Payta, in Peru.

The breastplate of a horse's armor or harness. [Spelt also peitrel.] See Poitrel. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed.

A red coloring matter found in algæ of the subclass Florideæ.

A genus of South American palm trees, the seeds of which furnish the substance called vegetable ivory.

Feeding on plants or herbage; phytophagous; as, phytivorous animals. Ray.

A combining form from Gr. fyto`n a plant; as, phytochemistry, phytography.