neumes

pl. [Properly pneumes, from Greek pneuma a breath. When applied to the system of pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō pot neur notation, the word is spelt without the letter p (neum a); when applied to a series of notes to be sung to one syllable, the word seems generally to have retained its p ( pneuma ) . ] Music : The notations employed from the eighth or ninth century to the twelfth. Kiesewetter considers them to be the ancient nota Romana ; others believe them to have been of Asiatic origin. neür-, pref . [Gr.neuron=a nerve.] Pertaining to or connected with a nerve or the nervous system. neür'-a-da, s. [Pref. neur- , and Gr. adēn =an acorn, a gland.] Bot.: The typical genus of the rosaceous tribe Neuradese (q. v.). neu-răd'-ě-æ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. neurad ( a ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ.] Bot .: A tribe of Rosacee. The calyx adheres to a ring of ten carpels; the seeds are pendulous. blood.]