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hapaxanth

hapaxanth noun: a plant of a kind that flowers only once in its lifetime and then dies.

Noun

hapaxanth (plural hapaxanths)

  1. A plant of a kind that flowers only once in its lifetime and then dies.

Forms of hapaxanth

pluralhapaxanths

Origin of hapaxanth

From Ancient Greek ἅπαξ (hápax, “once”) + -anth (“flower”). The term was first used by Alexander Braun.

Words formed from hapaxanth

Questions about hapaxanth

What does hapaxanth mean?
Hapaxanth means a plant of a kind that flowers only once in its lifetime and then dies.
What part of speech is hapaxanth?
Hapaxanth is a noun.
What is the plural of hapaxanth?
The plural of hapaxanth is hapaxanths.

Words near hapaxanth in the dictionary

  1. hapatotoxin
  2. hapax
  3. hapax legomena
  4. hapax legomenon
  5. hapax legomenons
  6. hapaxanth
  7. hapaxanthic
  8. hapaxanthous
  9. hapaxanths
  10. hapaxes
  11. HAPC

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