Peireskia
noun
Pei·res·kia
pəˈreskēə,
pēˈ-
: a genus of shrubby spinose tropical American plants (family Cactaceae) having slender branches, broad flat leaves, and large pyramidal flowers see barbados gooseberry
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc †1637 French antiquarian and naturalist + New Latin -ia
- defencive
- defend
- defendable
- defendant
- defendants
- defended
- defender
- defender of the bond
- defender of the marriage tie
- defender office
- defenders
- defending
- defendress
- defends
- defenestrate
- defenestrated
- defenestrates
- defenestrating
- defenestration
- defenestrations
- defensatives
- defense
- defense in depth
- defense mechanism
- defensed