gamophyllous

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English

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Etymology

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From gamo- +‎ phyllous.

Adjective

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gamophyllous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Composed of leaves or segments (e.g. perianth) united by their edges, compare apophyllous (free segments).
    Synonym: symphyllous

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gamophyllous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)