hexapterous

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἑξαπτέρυγος (hexaptérugos), equivalent to hexa- +‎ -pterous.

Adjective[edit]

hexapterous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Having six wing-like processes or extensions[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary [].] Hexapterous.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, [], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., [], →OCLC.