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bostrychoid

bostrychoid adjective: arranged in a helical manner on the outside of a long, tapering, conical rachis; having the form of a bostryx.

Adjective

bostrychoid (not comparable)

  1. arranged in a helical manner on the outside of a long, tapering, conical rachis; having the form of a bostryx.

Questions about bostrychoid

What does bostrychoid mean?
Bostrychoid means arranged in a helical manner on the outside of a long, tapering, conical rachis; having the form of a bostryx.
What part of speech is bostrychoid?
Bostrychoid is an adjective.

Words near bostrychoid in the dictionary

  1. Bostrichiform
  2. Bostrom
  3. Bostroms
  4. bostryces
  5. bostrychid
  6. bostrychoid
  7. bostryx
  8. bostryxes
  9. Boströmian
  10. bosts
  11. Bostwick

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