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acrotonous

acrotonous adjective: of an orchid: having the tissue of the pollen sac prolonged to the upper end of the anther.

Adjective

acrotonous (not comparable)

  1. Of an orchid: having the tissue of the pollen sac prolonged to the upper end of the anther.

Questions about acrotonous

What does acrotonous mean?
Acrotonous means of an orchid: having the tissue of the pollen sac prolonged to the upper end of the anther.
What part of speech is acrotonous?
Acrotonous is an adjective.

Words near acrotonous in the dictionary

  1. acrothoracicans
  2. acrotism
  3. acrotomophile
  4. acrotomophilia
  5. acrotomophilic
  6. acrotonous
  7. acrotrichial
  8. acrotrichium
  9. acrotrophic
  10. acrotrophodynia
  11. acrow

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