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ogeechee lime (medicine) and precursor (iou)


ogeechee lime (medicine)


ogeechee lime
<botany> The acid, olive-shaped, drupaceous fruit of a species of tupelo (Nyssa capitata) which grows in swamps in Georgia and Florida.

The tree which bears this fruit.

Origin: So named from the Ogeechee River in Georgia.

Source: Websters Dictionary


precursor (iou)



precursor noun & adjective. LME.
[Latin praecursor, from praecurs- pa. ppl stem of praecurrere run before, precede, from prae PRE- + currere run: see -OR.]
A. noun.
A person who or thing which precedes another as a forerunner or presage; a person who or thing which heralds the approach of someone or something else, a harbinger. LME.
E. H. Erikson Infantile fears..are the precursors of many..anxieties entertained by adults A. N. Wilson There is no evidence that Jesus, or his precursor John, taught pacifism as such.
A predecessor. L18.
M. Arnold Cowper..by his genuine love of Nature was a precursor of Wordsworth A. C. Clarke A score of ships..each with more advanced technology than its precursor.
a. A substance, esp. a naturally occurring one, from which another is formed by metabolism, decay, or Other (esp. chemical) process. L19.
Scientific American Ozone and its precursor, atomic oxygen, are destroyed by catalytic reactions.
b. Biology. A cell which precedes another in a process of differentiation. E20.
b. attrib. or as adjective. That is a precursor. M19.
precursorship noun (a) the status or function of a precursor; (b) antecedence, prior occurrence: M19.