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polycladous

polycladous adjective: having many branches.

Adjective

polycladous (not comparable)

  1. Having many branches

Origin of polycladous

From poly- + Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, “shoot, branch”) + -ous.

Questions about polycladous

What does polycladous mean?
Polycladous means having many branches.
What part of speech is polycladous?
Polycladous is an adjective.

Words near polycladous in the dictionary

  1. polycistronically
  2. polycistronism
  3. polycistrons
  4. polyclad
  5. polycladose
  6. polycladous
  7. polyclads
  8. polyclady
  9. Polycletus
  10. polyclimax
  11. polyclinic

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