See Also: Frankia(medicine)

impredicative (iou) and Frankia (medicine)


impredicative (iou)



impredicative adjective. M20.
[from IM-2 + PREDICATIVE adjective.]
Logic. Of a proposition, thing, etc.: not definable except in terms of a totality of which it is itself a part.

Frankia (medicine)


Frankia
<organism> Genus of actinomycetes capable of nitrogen fixation, both independently and in symbiotic association with roots of certain nonleguminous plants, notably alder.