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peripterus surrounded by a wing.<br />

periss, perisso Greek superfluous; odd in number<br />

perister, peristera, -peristera Greek a dove, pigeon, from ancient Greek περιστερά, pigeon.<br />

peristereus resembling a small dove.<br />

peristoma after scientific Latin peristoma, from ancient Greek περι, peri, around, and French -stome, scientific<br />

Latin -stoma, and their etymon ancient Greek στόµα, stoma, mouth; a single or double ring of teeth around the<br />

mouth of the capsule of many mosses.<br />

peristole Greek a contraction<br />

Peritissimos semper praevidere possumus, rudi autem periculosi sunt. Professionals are predictable, it is the<br />

amateurs who are dangerous.<br />

Peritoma Perito'ma (pare-i-TOE-ma)<br />

peritone, peritoneum, -peritoneum Latin the membrane around the intestines<br />

Perityle Perit'yle (per-IT-i-lee) Greek peri, around, and tyle, a callus, referring to the calloused cypselae margins<br />

perityloides peritylo'ides (per-it-il-OH-i-dees)<br />

perjur Latin lying, false<br />

perl, perla New Latin a kind of insect<br />

perlatus beset <strong>with</strong> pearls.<br />

per-latus very broad.<br />

perle from French perle, a pearl, meaning a round gelatine capsule containing a medicinal substance.<br />

perligulosus <strong>with</strong> big tongues.<br />

perlongus very-long, from Latin perlongus, very long, tedious<br />

perluteus true yellow.<br />

perman, permanen Latin remain, remaining<br />

permea Latin pass through<br />

permicus from Perm in Russia.<br />

permixtus -a -um much mixed, from per, through, extra, very, and mixtus to mix (bad Latin); alternately<br />

from permixtus -a -um, Latin adjective promiscuous; confused; from the past participle of permisceo,<br />

permiscere, permiscui, permixtus, mix or mingle together; confound; embroil; disturb thoroughly.<br />

permollis very soft.<br />

pern-, perna, -perna Greek a shellfish; a ham<br />

perni-, pernis, -pernis New Latin the honey-buzzard<br />

pernic-, pernici Latin destructive; quick, agile<br />

perniciosus hurtful, destructive, injurious.<br />

pero- Greek πηροῦν, peroun, to maim, from πηρός, peros, maimed, of uncertain origin; a pouch from ancient<br />

Greek πήρα, pera, bag, pouch.<br />

pero, -pero, peron Latin a rawhide boot, from pērōn-, pērō, a thick boot of raw hide.<br />

peron-, perone, peroneo, peroni, perono Greek a brooch; the fibula, from post-classical Latin perona fibula<br />

(6th cent.) and its etymon ancient Greek περόνη perone, pin, buckle, in Hellenistic Greek also fibula (Galen; in<br />

ancient Greek as a variant reading in Hippocrates) from πείρειν, peirein, to pierce, run through (< the same<br />

Indo-European base as fare. (OED)<br />

peronatus -a -um booted, <strong>with</strong> a surface like rawhide, from classical Latin pērōnātus wearing heavy rawhide<br />

boots from pērōn-, pērō, a thick boot of raw hide.<br />

perospermus -a -um bearing wrinkled seeds or wrinkled sperms, from Greek πηροῦν, peroun, to maim, from<br />

πηρός, peros, maimed, of uncertain origin, and σπέρµα, sperma, the stem of σπείρειν, speirein, to sow, an<br />

allusion to the wrinkled seeds being “maimed”.<br />

Perovskia for V.A. Perovski (1794-1857), Russian general<br />

perpendicularis upright.<br />

perpensus hanging on.<br />

perpetuus everlasting.<br />

perplexans perplex'ans (per-PLEX-ans)<br />

perplexus entangled.<br />

perpusillus, perpussila very weak and slender.<br />

perralderianus for Henri de la Perraudière (1831-1861), French naturalist<br />

Perscriptio in manibus tabellariorum est. The check is in the mail.<br />

persea, -persea Greek a sacred tree in Egypt and Persia, from a name used by Theophrastus for an oriental<br />

tree

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