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anisotomous

anisotomous adjective: having unequal or irregular divisions.

Adjective

anisotomous (not comparable)

  1. Having unequal or irregular divisions.
    • The simplest leaf, as in Diellia, has a single unbranched trace, but the more fully developed early fronds are markedly anisotomous or pinnate in venation plan, with a definite central vein giving rise to two to four or more lateral veins, which arise at a very acute angle.1952, Warren Herbert Wagner, The Fern Genus Diellia: Its Structure, Affinities and Taxonomy

Origin of anisotomous

From an- + isotomous or aniso- + -tomous.

Words formed from anisotomous

Questions about anisotomous

What does anisotomous mean?
Anisotomous means having unequal or irregular divisions.
What part of speech is anisotomous?
Anisotomous is an adjective.

Words near anisotomous in the dictionary

  1. anisosyllabic
  2. anisosyllabism
  3. anisothermal
  4. anisotomic
  5. anisotomically
  6. anisotomous
  7. anisotomously
  8. anisotonic
  9. anisotonicity
  10. anisotopic
  11. anisotrope

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