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rhipidium

rhipidium noun: a scorpioid cyme whose successive pedicels follow a zigzag path on the same plane.

Noun

rhipidium (plural rhipidia)

  1. A scorpioid cyme whose successive pedicels follow a zigzag path on the same plane.

Forms of rhipidium

pluralrhipidia

Origin of rhipidium

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥιπίδιον (rhipídion).

Questions about rhipidium

What does rhipidium mean?
Rhipidium means a scorpioid cyme whose successive pedicels follow a zigzag path on the same plane.
What part of speech is rhipidium?
Rhipidium is a noun.
What is the plural of rhipidium?
The plural of rhipidium is rhipidia.

Words near rhipidium in the dictionary

  1. rhipidion
  2. rhipidions
  3. rhipidist
  4. rhipidistian
  5. rhipidists
  6. rhipidium
  7. rhipidoglossan
  8. rhipidoglossans
  9. rhipidopterous
  10. rhipiphorid
  11. rhipiphorids

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