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octastichous

octastichous adjective: having a phyllotaxis of eight leaves in each spiral around a stem.

Adjective

octastichous (not comparable)

  1. Having a phyllotaxis of eight leaves in each spiral around a stem

Forms of octastichous

alternative formoctostichous

Questions about octastichous

What does octastichous mean?
Octastichous means having a phyllotaxis of eight leaves in each spiral around a stem.
What part of speech is octastichous?
Octastichous is an adjective.

Words near octastichous in the dictionary

  1. octasilver
  2. octasodium
  3. octasome
  4. octasomes
  5. octastich
  6. octastichous
  7. octastichs
  8. octastyle
  9. octastyles
  10. octastylos
  11. octasulfane

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