(n) dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue, Syn. red-blindness
(n) climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes, Syn. rattan palm, Calamus rotang
a. [ Proto- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a man. ] (Zool.) Having male sexual organs while young, and female organs later in life. -- Pro*tan"trism n. [1913 Webster]