See Also: Treurnicht, Andries (Petrus)(encyclopedia)
Andries (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Pretorius, Andries (Wilhelmus Jacobus)(encyclopedia)
Christus, Petrus(encyclopedia)
Petrus (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Waardenburg, Petrus Johannes(medicine)
Berlage, Hendrik Petrus(encyclopedia)

periclinal (iou) and Treurnicht, Andries (Petrus) (sh)


periclinal (iou)



periclinal adjective & noun. L19.
[from Greek periklines sloping on all sides, formed as PERI- + klines sloping, from klinein to lean, slope: see -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Geology. Sloping in all directions from a central point. L19.
Botany. Of a cell wall etc.: parallel to the surface of the meristem. Of growth: taking place by the formation of periclinal walls. Opp. anticlinal. L19.
Designating a plant chimera in which genetically different tissues are in distinct layers. E20.
b. noun. A periclinal surface or layer; a periclinal chimera. L19.
periclinally adverb L19.

Treurnicht, Andries (Petrus) (sh)




born Feb. 19, 1921, Piketburg, S.Af.
died April 22, 1993, Cape Town

South African politician.

A preacher in the Dutch Reformed Church (1946-60), he later achieved high office in the National Party as a strong supporter of apartheid. In 1976 his insistence that black children be taught Afrikaans lead to the Soweto uprising. In 1982 he left the National Party to form the Conservative Party, which opposed F.W. de Klerk's decision to end apartheid. He came to support the idea of a separate white homeland within South Africa.