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Prickly Ash – Princes Islands

Prickly Ash

a name given to several prickly shrubs of the United States.

Prickly Heat

a skin disease, characterized by minute papulæ formed by the hyperæmia of the sweat follicles.

Prickly Pear

Opuntia vulgaris, natural order Castaceæ, otherwise called Indian fig. The fruit is purplish in color, covered with fine prickles, and edible. It is a native of the tropical parts of America, whence it has been introduced into Europe, Mauritius, Arabia, Syria, and China.

Priene

anciently one of the 12 cities of Ionia; stood a little N. W. of the mouth of the Meander in Caria.

Prima Donna

the first female singer in an opera.

Primary Rocks

a term formerly including all the crystalline and non-fossiliferous rocks which were deposited, it was believed, anterior to the appearance of life upon the earth.

Primate

the chief ecclesiastic in certain churches. The Archbishop of York is called the Primate of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury the Primate of All England, and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore the Primate of the United States. (three species), and

Prime

in the Roman Catholic falls to be performed at that time. from which longitude is measured. In Great Britain and its dependencies it is PRIME MERIDIAN, that meridian also the service in the breviary which

Prime Meridian

that meridian from which longitude is measured. In United States, the meridian of Wash- state, who at the summons of the sov- ereign has succeeded in forming an ad- PRIME MINISTER, an officer of the meridian of Greenwich; in the United States, the meridian of Washington.

Primogeniture

the state of being the eldest of children of the same par- :

PRIMROSE ents; seniority by birth among children.

Also, the right, system, or rule under which, in England, in cases of intestacy, the eldest son of a family succeeds to the real estate of his father to the absolute exclusion of the younger sons and daughters.

Primrose

the Primula vulgaris.

Common in copses, pastures, hedgebanks, and woods or by the side of streams. Its root-stock is emetic. The peerless primrose is Narcissus biflorus.

Princes Islands

a beautiful group of nine islets near the E. end of the Sea of Marmora, about 10 miles S. E. of Constantinople, the largest being called Prinkipo. Pop. (1917) 10,500.