Praecox
# Praecox

Praecox is a Latin term meaning "very early". It is often used as a qualifying adjective in Latin binomials, and could mean "early flowering", "primitive", "premature" or "early onset" (in the case of medical conditions).

## Plants

* Agapanthus praecox, a South African bulbous plant
* Aira praecox, a European grass
* Allium praecox, a Californian onion
* Casearia praecox, a West Indian tree
* Chimonanthus praecox, wintersweet, a Chinese shrub
* Clematis 'Praecox', a flowering shrub cultivar
* Cytisus × praecox, a spring-flowering shrub
* Hydrangea paniculata 'Praecox', a flowering shrub cultivar
* Lindera praecox, an Asian shrub
* Medicago praecox, a Mediterranean plant in the pea family
* Pittocaulon praecox, a Mexican shrub in the daisy family
* Pleione praecox, an Asian orchid
* Rhododendron 'Praecox', a flowering shrub cultivar
* Roscoea praecox, a Chinese perennial in the ginger family
* Stachyurus praecox, a shrub from Japan
* Thymus praecox, a European thyme
* Weigela praecox, a shrub from Russia

## Fungi

* Agrocybe praecox, a Northern Hemisphere mushroom
* Gymnopilus praecox, a North American mushroom

## Animals

* Actebia praecox, the Portland moth
* Ceratotherium praecox, an extinct rhinoceros
* Denticetopsis praecox, a South American fish
* Deroceras praecox, an east European slug
* Iotabrycon, an Ecuadorean fish
* Melanotaenia praecox, a rainbow fish from West Papua
* Mordacia praecox, a lamprey (primitive fish) from Australia
* Thamnophilus praecox, the Cocha antshrike, a bird from Ecuador
* Persia praecox, a trilobite from Iran

## Medical conditions

* Dementia praecox, a degenerative disease of late puberty and early adulthood
* Ejaculatio praecox, premature ejaculation in human males
* Lymphedema praecox, a swelling of the lymph nodes
* Pubertas praecox, premature puberty in humans
