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pachydermous

pachydermous adjective: of mosses: having the cells or capsules firm and resistant. Also the alternative form of pachydermatous.

Adjective

pachydermous (comparative more pachydermous, superlative most pachydermous)

  1. Of mosses: having the cells or capsules firm and resistant.

Also used as

pachydermous is also the alternative form of pachydermatous.

Forms of pachydermous

comparativemore pachydermous
superlativemost pachydermous

Questions about pachydermous

What does pachydermous mean?
Pachydermous means of mosses: having the cells or capsules firm and resistant.
What part of speech is pachydermous?
Pachydermous is an adjective.

Words near pachydermous in the dictionary

  1. pachydermia verticis gyrata
  2. pachydermial
  3. pachydermic
  4. pachydermoid
  5. pachydermoperiostosis
  6. pachydermous
  7. pachyderms
  8. pachydermy
  9. pachydictyol
  10. pachydiscid
  11. pachydiscids

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