persecutor (persekutor)

[= F. persécuteur = Sp. Pg. perse guid or = It. perse cut ore, perse guitore, Glou. Think'st thou I am an executioner? K. Hen . A persecutor , I am sure, thou art. Shak., 3 Hen. VI., v. 6. 31. chiefly from the axils, and a large fleshy one seeded fruit or berry. Many species produce wood valuable for furni- ture, cabinet-work, etc., as the red-bay or isabella-wood of the southern United States. See canary - wood , lingue , nanmu , vinatico ; for the fruit, called alligator - pear or vege- A persecutory element in a delusion. table marrow , see avocado . persecutory (per'sē-ku-to-ri), a . [ persecute + -ory.] Same as persecutional . Perseaceæ (pér-sē-ā'sē-ē), (per-se-ā sē-ē), n . pl . [NL. (Mei - ner, 1864), Persea + -асеӕ .] 1. A tribe of ever- green trees and shrubs of the order Laurineæ , Alien. and Neurol ., VII. 619. [= F. persé- persecutrix (per'sē-kū-triks), n. cutrice = It. perse cut rice, perse gui trice , the third row of stamens. It includes 29 genera, mainly tropical, of which Persea is the type, and Cinna momum, Nectandra, and Ocotea are the best-known. See cuts under avocado and cinnamon. See persicot .