See Also: geognost(medicine)
geognost(dictionary)

opuntia (iou) and geognost (iou)


opuntia (iou)



opuntia noun. E17.
[Latin, from Opus (accus. Opuntem) (see below), later used as a genus name: see -IA1.]
Orig., a plant said to grow about the Locrian city of Opus, in Greece. Now, any cactus of the genus Opuntia, which includes the prickly pears.

geognost (iou)



geognost noun. Now chiefly Hist. E19.
[French geognoste, from Greek geo- GEO- + gnotes a person who knows.]
An expert in or student of geognosy.
geog'nostic,
geog'nostical adjectives of or pertaining to geognosy L18.
geog'nostically adverb M19.