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homodromous

homodromous adjective: spiralling in the same direction; said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches.

Adjective

homodromous (not comparable)

  1. Spiralling in the same direction; said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches.
  2. Moving in the same direction (said of a lever or pulley in which the resistance and the actuating force are both on the same side of the fulcrum or axis).

homodromous meaning in Kannada

homodromous in Kannada

ಸಾಟಿಯೆಡೆಸಾಗುವ, ಸಾಟಿದಿಕ್ಕುಸಾಗುವ

Origin of homodromous

From homo- + -dromous.

Questions about homodromous

What does homodromous mean?
Homodromous means spiralling in the same direction; said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches.
What is homodromous in Kannada?
Homodromous in Kannada is ಸಾಟಿಯೆಡೆಸಾಗುವ, ಸಾಟಿದಿಕ್ಕುಸಾಗುವ. See Homodromous meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is homodromous?
Homodromous is an adjective.

Words near homodromous in the dictionary

  1. homodonty
  2. homodox
  3. homodoxy
  4. homodromal
  5. homodromic
  6. homodromous
  7. homodromy
  8. homoduplex
  9. homoduplexes
  10. homoduplices
  11. homodynamic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: homodromous (page history and authors); homodromous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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