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merithalli

merithalli is the plural of merithallus.

Meaning of merithallus

Noun

merithallus (plural merithalli)

  1. (dated) An internode.
    • In fact, in the same way that we see in the monocotyledonous embryo, which has taken all its normal expansion, a radicular mamilla which constitutes its descending system, and a cauliculus, a cotyledon, and its support, which form together its ascending system, in the same manner also we see in the...1835 December 21, M. Mirrel, “Report on a Memoir of M. Gaudichaud, relative to the Development and Growth of the Stems, Leaves, and other Organs of Plants”, in The London and Edinburgh Philosophical...
    Synonyms:
    internode, merithal

Questions about merithalli

What is merithalli the plural of?
Merithalli is the plural of merithallus.

Words near merithalli in the dictionary

  1. meriters
  2. meritest
  3. meriteth
  4. meritful
  5. merithal
  6. merithalli
  7. merithallus
  8. merithals
  9. meriting
  10. meritious
  11. meritless

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