† proˈterical, a. Obs. rare—1.
[f. Gr. πρῳτερικός early-bearing, precocious (πρῳτερικὴ συκῆ a kind of early fig) + -al1.]
Early-bearing.
| a 1682 Sir T. Browne Tracts (1684) 73 This great variety of Figg Trees, as precocious, proterical, biferous, triferous, and always-bearing Trees. |