Those countries where shrubs are plenty.
Goldsmith.
||Ple"num (?), n. [L., fr. plenus full.] That state in which every part
||of space is supposed to be full of matter; -- opposed to vacuum. G.
||Francis.
Ple`o*chro"ic (?), a. Having the property of pleochroism.
Ple*och"ro*ism (?), n. [Gr.&?; mor&?; + &?; color.] (Crystallog.) The
property possessed by some crystals, of showing different colors when
viewed in the direction of different axes.
Ple*och`ro*mat"ic (?), a. Pleochroic.
Ple`o*chro"ma*tism (?), n. Pleochroism.
Ple*och"ro*ous (?), a. Pleochroic.
Ple`o*mor"phic (?), a. Pertaining to pleomorphism; as, the pleomorphic
character of bacteria.
Ple`o*mor"phism (?), n. [Gr. &?; more + &?; form.] 1. (Crystallog.) The
property of crystallizing under two or more distinct fundamental forms,
including dimorphism and trimorphism.
2. (Biol.) The theory that the various genera of bacteria are phases or
variations of growth of a number of Protean species, each of which may
exhibit, according to undetermined conditions, all or some of the forms
characteristic of the different genera and species.
Ple`o*mor"phous (?), a. Having the property of pleomorphism.
Ple"o*nasm, (&?;), n. [L. pleonasmus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to be more than
enough, to abound, fr.&?;, neut. of &?;, more, compar. of &?; much. See
Full, a., and cf. Poly-, Plus.] (Rhet.) Redundancy of language in
speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to
express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes.
Ple"o*nast (?), n. One who is addicted to pleonasm. [R.] C. Reade.
Ple"o*naste, n. [Gr.&?; abundant, rich; cf. F. plÈonaste.] (Min.) A
black variety of spinel.
{ Ple`o*nas"tic (?), Ple`o*nas"tic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. plÈonastique.]
Of or pertaining to pleonasm; of the nature of pleonasm; redundant.
Ple`o*nas"tic*al*ly, adv. In a pleonastic manner.
Ple"o*pod (?), n.; pl. E. Pleopods (#), L. Pleopoda (#). [Gr. &?; to
swim + -pod.] (Zoˆl.) One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. See
Illust. under Crustacea.
Ple"rome (?), n. [Gr. &?; that which fills up, fr. &?; to fill.] (Bot.)
The central column of parenchyma in a growing stem or root.
Ple*roph"o*ry (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; full + &?; to bear.] Fullness; full
persuasion. "A plerophory of assurance." Bp. Hall.
Ples"ance (?), n. Pleasance. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Plesh (?), n. A pool; a plash. [Obs.] Spenser.
Ple`si*mor"phism (?), n. [Gr. &?; near + &?; form.] (Crystallog.) The
property possessed by some substances of crystallizing in closely
similar forms while unlike in chemical composition.
Ple`si*o*mor"phous (?), a. Nearly alike in form.
Ple"si*o*saur (?), n. (Paleon.) One of the Plesiosauria.
||Ple`si*o*sau"ri*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Plesiosaurus.] (Paleon.) An
||extinct order of Mesozoic marine reptiles including the genera
||Plesiosaurus, and allied forms; -- called also Sauropterygia.
Ple`si*o*sau"ri*an (?), n. (Paleon.) A plesiosaur.
||Ple`si*o*sau"rus (?), n.; pl. Plesiosauri (#). [NL., fr. Gr &?; near
||+ &?; a lizard.] (Paleon.) A genus of large extinct marine reptiles,
||having a very long neck, a small head, and paddles for swimming. It
||lived in the Mesozoic age.
Ples*sim"e*ter (?), n. See Pleximeter.
Plete (?), v. t. & i. To plead. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
Pleth"o*ra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to be or become full. Cf.
Pleonasm.] 1. Overfullness; especially, excessive fullness of the blood
vessels; repletion; that state of the blood vessels or of the system
when the blood exceeds a healthy standard in quantity; hyperÊmia; --
opposed to anÊmia.