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Pseudo- Webster's Dictionary 1913

A combining form or prefix signifying false, counterfeit, pretended, spurious; as, pseudo-apostle, a false apostle; pseudo-clergy, false or spurious clergy; pseudo-episcopacy, pseudo-form, pseudo-martyr, pseudo-philosopher. Also used adjectively.

Pseudo-apostle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A false apostle; one who falsely pretends to be an apostle.

Pseudo-bulb [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An aerial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic orchidaceous plants.

Pseudo-china [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The false China root, a plant of the genus Smilax, found in America.

Pseudo-china [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The false china root, a plant of the genus Smilax (S. Pseudo-china), found in America.

Pseudo-cone [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others.

Pseudo-cumene [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series, metameric with mesitylene and cumene, found in coal tar, and obtained as a colorless liquid.

Pseudo-dipteral [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, as a temple with the inner range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the space between the cella wall and the columns is very great, being equal to two intercolumns and one column.

Pseudo-dipteral [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A pseudo-dipteral temple.

Pseudo-galena [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

False galena or black jack.

Pseudo-galena [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

False galena, or blende. See Blende (a).

Pseudo-heart [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Any contractile vessel of invertebrates which is not of the nature of a real heart, especially one of those pertaining to the excretory system.

Pseudo-hyperthophic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Falsely hypertrophic; as, pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis, a variety of paralysis in which the muscles are apparently enlarged, but are really degenerated and replaced by fat.

Pseudo-metallic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

pseudo-metallic luster is that which is perceptible only when held towards the light; as in minerals.

Pseudo-metallic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Falsely or imperfectly metallic; -- said of a kind of luster, as in minerals.

Pseudo-monocotyledonous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having two coalescent cotyledons, as the live oak and the horse-chestnut.

Pseudo-romantic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Falsely romantic.

Pseudo-symmetric [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Exhibiting pseudo-symmetry.

Pseudo-symmetry [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A kind of symmetry characteristic of certain crystals which from twinning, or other causes, come to resemble forms of a system other than that to which they belong, as the apparently hexagonal prisms of aragonite.

Pseudo-tinea [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In natural history, the name of a remarkable species of insect or larva, resembling a moth. It feeds on wax, and is a terrible enemy to bees, as it enters the hive and sometimes compels the bees to abandon it, being covered with a coat that is impervious to their stings.

Pseudo-volcanic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pertaining to or produced by a pseudo-volcano.

Pseudo-volcano [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A volcano that emits smoke and sometimes flame, but no lava; also, a burning mine of coal.