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polychorous

polychorous adjective: spread, or having seeds that are dispersed, in multiple ways (e.g. by multiple kinds of animal).

Adjective

polychorous (not comparable)

  1. Spread, or having seeds that are dispersed, in multiple ways (e.g. by multiple kinds of animal).

Origin of polychorous

From poly- + -chorous.

Questions about polychorous

What does polychorous mean?
Polychorous means spread, or having seeds that are dispersed, in multiple ways (e.g. by multiple kinds of animal).
What part of speech is polychorous?
Polychorous is an adjective.

Words near polychorous in the dictionary

  1. polychoric
  2. polychorics
  3. polychorionic
  4. polychoron
  5. polychorons
  6. polychorous
  7. polychotomies
  8. polychotomous
  9. polychotomously
  10. polychotomy
  11. polychrest

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