pleiotaxy

pleiotaxy
\\ˈplīəˌtaksē\ noun (-es)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pleio- + -taxy
: development of more than the normal number of parts (as bracts in a flower or inflorescence)

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/pluy"euh tak'see/, n. Bot.
an increase in the normal number of parts.
Also, pleiotaxis.
[1885-90; PLEIO- + -TAXY]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • pleiotaxy — [plī′ə tak΄sē] n. [ PLEIO + taxy, an arranging < Gr taxia < taxis: see TAXIS] Bot. an increase in the number of whorls in a flower …   English World dictionary

  • pleiotaxy — /pluy euh tak see/, n. Bot. an increase in the normal number of parts. Also, pleiotaxis. [1885 90; PLEIO + TAXY] * * * …   Universalium

  • pleiotaxy — plei·o·taxy …   English syllables

  • pelə- — I. pelə 1 To fill; with derivatives referring to abundance and multitude. Oldest form *pelə₁ ; variant *pleə₁ , contracted to *plē . Derivatives include fill, plenty, folk, accomplish, expletive, and plebeian. I. Zero gra …   Universalium

  • -taxy — ˈtaksē, si noun combining form ( es) Etymology: Greek taxia, from taktos (verbal of tassein to arrange, order) + ia y more at tactics : taxis epitaxy …   Useful english dictionary

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