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hexasomic

hexasomic adjective: relating to or characterised by a state of hexasomy.

Adjective

hexasomic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or characterised by a state of hexasomy.
    • Simple Hexasomic (4n+2)1922, Albert Francis Blakeslee, “Variations in Datura Due to Changes in Chromosome Number” in The American Naturalist LVI, № 642 (January–February 1922), page 19, fig. 2

Origin of hexasomic

From hexa- + -somic.

Words formed from hexasomic

Questions about hexasomic

What does hexasomic mean?
Hexasomic means relating to or characterised by a state of hexasomy.
What part of speech is hexasomic?
Hexasomic is an adjective.

Words near hexasomic in the dictionary

  1. hexasodium
  2. hexasolvate
  3. hexasolvates
  4. hexasome
  5. hexasomes
  6. hexasomic
  7. hexasomy
  8. hexaspermous
  9. hexastatin
  10. hexaster
  11. hexasterophorid

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