prosopis

[Latin, from Greek prosõpis =the burdock (?).] 1. Bot .: A genus of Eumimosee. Trees, prickly, thorny, or both; from the warmer parts of both hemispheres. The legume, in some species twisted, 3269 is generally filled with a sweetish substance, which may be eaten by men or cattle. Prosopis dulcis is the Algaroba of Paray, P.glandulosa that of Texas. The latter has a hard, durable, and beautifully grained wood; it yields a gum like gum arabic, as does P. spicigera . P. pubescens is the Screw-bean (q. v.). P. spicigera , a native of arid places in India, is planted in the Punjaub, its wood furnishing excellent fuel. It is not good for carpentry, being easily destroyed by insects. Its legume is astringent. Its bark is good for tanning, as are those of the American P. pallid a and P. pubescens . The leaves and branches of P. iuliflora are poisonous to cattle. 2. Entom .: A genus of And ren ide, generally making their nests in bramble-sticks. pro-so-pite, s [Gr. pros ope i on =a mask. suff. ite ( Min.).] Min.: A monoclinic mineral occurring only in crystals a ociated with iron-glance. Hardne , 4.5; specific gravity, 2.89; luster, feeble; colorle or grayish. Analysis yielded: Silicon and fluorine, 10-71; alumina, 42.68; protoxide of manganese, 0°31; magnesia, 0-25; lime, 22-98; potash, 0.15; water, 15:50-92:58. Found at the tin mines of Altenberg, Saxony, the crystals being much altered. †pros-o-pog-ra-phy, *pros-o-pog-ra-phie, s . [Greek prosopon a face, a person, and graphō =to describe.] The description of the personal appearance of any one. "First touching the prosopographie or description of his person."-Holinshed: Stephan (an. 1154). †pros-o-pô-lěp-sỹ, subst . [Gr. prosopolēpsi a = respect of persons: prosopon a face, a person, and leps is a taking; lambano , fut. lepsomai to take.] Regard or favor to personal appearance; personal imal partiality or bias; an opinion or prejudice formed against a person from his personal appearance. "Without the injustice of prosopolepsy ."-Cudworth: Intell. System , p. 567. pros-op-o-nis-cus, s . [Gr. prosopon =look, and Mod. Lat.oniscus (q.v.).] Palæont .: A genus of Amphipod Crustaceans (?), with one species, Prosoponiscus problematic us , found in the English Magnesian Limestone (Per mian).