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plagiotropic

plagiotropic adjective: growing at an oblique or almost horizontal angle.

Adjective

plagiotropic (comparative more plagiotropic, superlative most plagiotropic)

  1. Growing at an oblique or almost horizontal angle

Forms of plagiotropic

comparativemore plagiotropic
superlativemost plagiotropic

Origin of plagiotropic

From plagio- + -tropic.

Words formed from plagiotropic

Questions about plagiotropic

What does plagiotropic mean?
Plagiotropic means growing at an oblique or almost horizontal angle.
What part of speech is plagiotropic?
Plagiotropic is an adjective.

Words near plagiotropic in the dictionary

  1. plagiostomes
  2. plagiostomous
  3. plagiostomy
  4. plagiotrophic
  5. plagiotrophy
  6. plagiotropic
  7. plagiotropically
  8. plagiotropism
  9. plagiotropous
  10. plagiotropy
  11. plagium

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