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perichaetous

perichaetous adjective: perichaetine.

Adjective

perichaetous (comparative more perichaetous, superlative most perichaetous)

  1. (archaic) perichaetine

Forms of perichaetous

comparativemore perichaetous
superlativemost perichaetous

Origin of perichaetous

From perichaetium + -ous.

Questions about perichaetous

What does perichaetous mean?
Perichaetous means perichaetine.
What part of speech is perichaetous?
Perichaetous is an adjective.

Words near perichaetous in the dictionary

  1. perichaeths
  2. perichaetia
  3. perichaetial
  4. perichaetine
  5. perichaetium
  6. perichaetous
  7. perichelydian
  8. perichelydians
  9. Periches
  10. perichete
  11. perichetes

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