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oliganthous

oliganthous adjective: having few flowers.

Adjective

oliganthous (not comparable)

  1. Having few flowers.
    • oliganthous inflorescence
    • oliganthous raceme

Origin of oliganthous

From oligo- + -anthous.

Questions about oliganthous

What does oliganthous mean?
Oliganthous means having few flowers.
What part of speech is oliganthous?
Oliganthous is an adjective.

Words near oliganthous in the dictionary

  1. oligaemia
  2. oligaemias
  3. oligaemic
  4. oligandrous
  5. oligandry
  6. oliganthous
  7. Oliganthropocene
  8. oligarch
  9. oligarchal
  10. oligarchic
  11. oligarchic accretion

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