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amphigenous

amphigenous adjective: growing on all sides of a leaf, as in the lichens.

Adjective (1)

amphigenous (not comparable)

  1. growing on all sides of a leaf, as in the lichens
    • amphigenous diaspores
    • amphigenous hyphae
  2. (obsolete) bisexual (attracted to both males and females).

Adjective (2)

amphigenous (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) bisexual (attracted to both males and females).

Origin of amphigenous

From amphi- + -genous.

From amphi- + Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “gender”) + -ous.

Words formed from amphigenous

Questions about amphigenous

What does amphigenous mean?
Amphigenous means growing on all sides of a leaf, as in the lichens.
What part of speech is amphigenous?
Amphigenous is an adjective.

Words near amphigenous in the dictionary

  1. amphigean
  2. amphigene
  3. amphigenes
  4. amphigenesis
  5. amphigenetic
  6. amphigenous
  7. amphigenously
  8. amphignathodontid
  9. amphignathodontids
  10. amphigonic
  11. amphigonous

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