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viceroy (medicine)


viceroy


1. The governor of a country or province who rules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king's substitute; as, the viceroy of India.

2. <zoology> A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia, or Limenitis, archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvae feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees.

Origin: F. Vice-roi; pref. Vice- in the place of (L. Vice) + roi a king, L. Rex. See Vice, and Royal.

Source: Websters Dictionary


pentarch(1) (iou)



pentarch adjective. L19.
[from PENTA- + Greek arkhe beginning.]
Botany. Of a vascular bundle: having five strands of xylem, formed from five points of origin.