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oligotaxy

oligotaxy noun: the decrease in the number of whorls in a flower.

Noun

oligotaxy (uncountable)

  1. The decrease in the number of whorls in a flower.

Questions about oligotaxy

What does oligotaxy mean?
Oligotaxy means the decrease in the number of whorls in a flower.
What part of speech is oligotaxy?
Oligotaxy is a noun.

Words near oligotaxy in the dictionary

  1. oligosynaptic
  2. oligosyndactylism
  3. oligosyndactyly
  4. oligosynthesis
  5. oligosynthetic
  6. oligotaxy
  7. oligoteratoasthenospermia
  8. oligoteratoasthenozoospermia
  9. oligoteratospermia
  10. oligoteratozoospermia
  11. oligotherapeutic

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