Defn: A female producer.
PRODUCTUS
Pro*duc"tus, n. Etym: [NL. See Product.] (Paleon.)
Defn: An extinct genus of brachiopods, very characteristic of the
Carboniferous rocks.
PROEGUMINAL
Pro`e*gu"mi*nal, a. Etym: [Gr. proégumène.] (Med.)
Defn: Serving to predispose; predisposing; as, a proeguminal cause of disease.
PROEM
Pro"em, n. Etym: [L. prooemium, Gr. proème.]
Defn: Preface; introduction; preliminary observations; prelude.
Thus much may serve by way of proem. Swift.
PROEM
Pro"em, v. t.
Defn: To preface. [Obs.] South.
PROEMBRYO Pro*em"bry*o, n. Etym: [Pref. pro- + embryo. ] (Bot.) (a) The series of cells formed in the ovule of a flowering plant after fertilization, but before the formation of the embryo. (b) The primary growth from the spore in certain cryptogamous plants; as, the proembryo, or protonema, of mosses.