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Práso Modern Greek πράσο, chive.<br />

prat-, prati, pratum-, -pratum Latin a meadow<br />

pratens- Latin root word, found in meadows<br />

pratensis is -e praten'sis (pra-TEN-sis or prah-TAYN-sis) praten'se (pra-TEN-see) of or growing in meadows,<br />

from Latin pratensis -is -e, adjective, growing or found in meadows, from pratum, prati, meadow, and -ensis<br />

adjectival suffix indicating country or place of growth or origin or else habitat, native to.<br />

pratericolus -a -um praterico'lus (pra-ter-i-KO-lus)<br />

praticolus -a -um growing in a meadow, from Latin pratum, meadow, and colo, I inhabit, in reference to an open<br />

grassy habitat<br />

pratulum, pratuli n. little meadow<br />

prātum, prāti n. (pratus, pratus m.) Latin a, meadow, meadowland; meadow grass or crop; broad expanse, field,<br />

plain of land or sea), possibly from Greek περὤ, πείρω, pero, peiro, from περάω, πράω, perao, prao, past particple<br />

πρᾱται, pratai, in reference to its general moisture, al. πρᾷος, praios, mild, gentle; περᾱτόν. πρᾱτον, peraton,<br />

praton, (<strong>with</strong> odd rho), passable, open. Alternately Doric πράτινον, pratinon, from πράσινον, prasinon, of a green<br />

color. (Valpy)<br />

prav- Latin deformed<br />

pravissimus very crooked<br />

prax, praxis Greek an exercise, action<br />

pre Latin before<br />

preca Latin pray, request<br />

precatorius praying, prayerful; intercessory, used in worship, as Abrus Precatorius, the red seeds are used<br />

for rosaries, but also contain abrin, a toxin closely related to ricin. Said to be the most toxic plant known.<br />

preco, precoci, precox, -precox Latin early, premature<br />

preda Latin prey, booty<br />

predi, predium, -predium Latin a farm, estate<br />

pregnan, pregnant Latin <strong>with</strong> child, pregnant<br />

Prehende uxorem meam, sis! Take my wife, please!<br />

prehensilis seizing, taking hold (said of climbing plants).<br />

premn, premn-, premno, premnum, -premnum Greek a tree trunk, stem, referring to a tree<br />

pren, prenes, -prenes, preno Greek drooping, bent forward<br />

Prenanthella Prenanthel'la (pree-nan-THEL-la) from the genus Prenanthes and -ella, Latin feminine diminutive<br />

suffix, referring to the original genus assignment of type species<br />

Prenanthes New Latin, from Greek prenes drooping, frace downward, prone (akin to pro before, forward)<br />

and -ανθος, -anthos, flower, for the drooping flower heads.<br />

prenanthoides resembling Prenanthes, or <strong>with</strong> drooping flowers, New Latin, from Greek prenes drooping,<br />

face downward, prone (akin to pro before, forward) and New Latin -anthes, -anthos, flower, for the drooping<br />

flower heads, and -odes, resembling, like, of the nature of.<br />

preniz Greek thrown headlong<br />

prep, prepo Greek visible, conspicuous; resemble<br />

prept, prepto Greek distinguished<br />

presby, presbys, presbyt Greek old; an old person<br />

Prescottia for John Prescott (d. 1837), a British botanist resident in Russia who traveled widely in northern<br />

Asia<br />

prestoniensis from the neighborhood of Preston, England.<br />

preter Latin beyond, past, more than<br />

pretiosus valuable, precious.<br />

prevernalis flowering in early spring.<br />

prezoisa Italian cv. precious<br />

priap, priapus, -priapus Greek mythology the god of procreation; the penis<br />

priceana<br />

prim-, prima, primi Latin first<br />

prim- prime, first, as in Primula, because of its early blooming in Spring<br />

prima facie at first appearance<br />

primarius -a -um notable, chief, from primus, the first, and -arius adjectival suffix indicating connection to<br />

or possession by.<br />

primavera Italian cv. spring

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