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polystachyous

polystachyous adjective: having many spikes.

Adjective

polystachyous (not comparable)

  1. Having many spikes.

Forms of polystachyous

alternative formpolystachous

Questions about polystachyous

What does polystachyous mean?
Polystachyous means having many spikes.
What part of speech is polystachyous?
Polystachyous is an adjective.

Words near polystachyous in the dictionary

  1. polysquare
  2. polysquares
  3. polystability
  4. polystable
  5. polystachous
  6. polystachyous
  7. polystannane
  8. polystannanes
  9. polystate
  10. polystates
  11. polystearate

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