- pol|y|pous
- pol|y|pous «POL uh puhs», adjective.of, having to do with, or like a polyp.
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pol|y|car|pous — «POL ee KAHR puhs», adjective. Botany. consisting of many or several carpels. ╂[< Greek polýkarpos fruitful < polýs much + karpós fruit] … Useful english dictionary
pol|y|po|dy — «POL ee POH dee», noun, plural dies. any fern of a group, especially a widely distributed species that grows on moist rocks, old walls, and trees, and has naked, round spore cases, deeply pinnate fronds, and creeping stems. ╂[< Latin… … Useful english dictionary
pol|yp — «POL ihp», noun. 1. a rather simple form of water animal, consisting largely of a stomach and a mouth with fingerlike tentacles around the edge to gather in food. Polyps are coelenterates and often grow in colonies with their bases connected.… … Useful english dictionary
Polypous — Pol y*pous, a. [Cf. F. polypeux. See {Polyp}.] Of the nature of a polypus; having many feet or roots, like the polypus; affected with polypus. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
polycarpous — pol·y·car·pous (pŏl ē kärʹpəs) also po·ly·car·pic ( pĭk) adj. Having fruit or pistils with two or more carpels. polʹy·car py n. * * * … Universalium
polycarpic — pol•y•car•pic [[t]ˌpɒl iˈkɑr pɪk[/t]] also pol y•car′pous adj. 1) bot producing fruit many times, as a perennial plant 2) bot having two or more distinct carpels • Etymology: 1840–50; < NL polycarpicus. See poly , carpic pol′y•car py, n … From formal English to slang
polyp — pol|yp [ˈpɔlıp US ˈpa: ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: polype, from Latin polypus octopus , from Greek, from poly ( POLY ) + pous foot ] 1.) a small lump that grows inside your body because of an illness, but is not likely to harm you 2.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
o — abi·o·log·i·cal; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom; ab·o·li·tion·ism; ab·o·li·tion·ist; ab·o·li·tion·ize; ab·o·ma·sal; ab·o·ma·sum; ac·an·thol·o·gy; ac·an·thop·o·dous; acar·i·dol·o·gist; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; acar·i·o·sis;… … English syllables
ro — neu·ro·anatomic; neu·ro·anatomist; neu·ro·anatomy; neu·ro·bio·tac·tic; neu·ro·bio·taxis; neu·ro·blast; neu·ro·blas·to·ma; neu·ro·canal; neu·ro·central; neu·ro·centrum; neu·ro·chondrite; neu·ro·chord; neu·ro·circulatory; neu·ro·coele;… … English syllables
a — acar·a·pis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·na; ac·a·ri·nar·i·um; ac·a·rine; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; ac·a·ri·no·sis; ac·a·ro·ce·cid·i·um; ac·a·roid; ac·a·rol·o·gist; ac·a·rol·o·gy; ac·a·ro·pho·bia; ac·a·rus; acat·a·lep·sy; acat·a·lex·is;… … English syllables
