A combining form or prefix signifying false, counterfeit, pretended, spurious
as, pseudo-apostle, a false apostle
pseudo-clergy, false or spurious clergy
pseudo-episcopacy, pseudo-form, pseudo-martyr, pseudo-philosopher. Also used adjectively.
pseudo-bulb
(n.) An aerial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic orchidaceous plants.
pseudo-china
(n.) The false china root, a plant of the genus Smilax (S. Pseudo-china), found in America.
pseudo-cone
(n.) One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others.
pseudo-cumene
(n.) A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series, metameric with mesitylene and cumene, found in coal tar, and obtained as a colorless liquid.
pseudo-dipteral
(a.) Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, as a temple with the inner range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the space between the cella wall and the columns is very great, being equal to two intercolumns and one column.