-opsis

-opsis
\\ˈäpsə̇s\ noun combining form
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, from opsis appearance, vision — more at optic
1.
a. : organism resembling or having a part that resembles a (specified) thing — in generic names

Chilopsis

Ampelopsis

b. plural -opses : structure resembling a (specified) thing

caryopsis

2. plural -opses : -opsia

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a combining form meaning "likeness," used esp. in the names of living organisms and organic structures that resemble the thing named by the initial element: coreopsis.
[ < Gk ópsis appearance, sight]

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-opsis /-op-sis/
combining form
1. Denoting appearance of, or resemblance to, the thing specified, as in meconopsis
2. Sight, as in stereopsis
ORIGIN: Gr opsis aspect, sight

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