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amphitropal

amphitropal adjective: amphitropous.

Adjective

amphitropal (comparative more amphitropal, superlative most amphitropal)

  1. (obsolete) amphitropous

Forms of amphitropal

comparativemore amphitropal
superlativemost amphitropal

Origin of amphitropal

From Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “both”) + Ancient Greek τροπή (tropḗ, “turn”) + -al.

Questions about amphitropal

What does amphitropal mean?
Amphitropal means amphitropous.
What part of speech is amphitropal?
Amphitropal is an adjective.

Words near amphitropal in the dictionary

  1. amphitriploid
  2. amphitriploids
  3. amphitrite
  4. Amphitrite Group
  5. amphitrites
  6. amphitropal
  7. amphitrophic
  8. amphitrophy
  9. amphitropic
  10. amphitropical
  11. amphitropism

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