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amphigynous

amphigynous adjective: completely surrounding the oogonial stalk.

Adjective

amphigynous (not comparable)

  1. Completely surrounding the oogonial stalk

Origin of amphigynous

From amphi- + -gynous.

Questions about amphigynous

What does amphigynous mean?
Amphigynous means completely surrounding the oogonial stalk.
What part of speech is amphigynous?
Amphigynous is an adjective.

Words near amphigynous in the dictionary

  1. amphigony
  2. amphigoric
  3. amphigories
  4. amphigory
  5. amphigouri
  6. amphigynous
  7. amphihaline
  8. amphihaploid
  9. amphikinesis
  10. amphikinetic
  11. amphilepidid

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