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sternotribal

sternotribal adjective: of a flower: having the anthers arranged so as to dust their pollen on the underpart of the thorax of insects that visit it.

Adjective

sternotribal (not comparable)

  1. Of a flower: having the anthers arranged so as to dust their pollen on the underpart of the thorax of insects that visit it.
    Synonyms:
    sternotribe

Synonyms of sternotribal

Questions about sternotribal

What does sternotribal mean?
Sternotribal means of a flower: having the anthers arranged so as to dust their pollen on the underpart of the thorax of insects that visit it.
What part of speech is sternotribal?
Sternotribal is an adjective.

Words near sternotribal in the dictionary

  1. sternotomies
  2. sternotomize
  3. sternotomized
  4. sternotomy
  5. sternotracheal
  6. sternotribal
  7. sternotribe
  8. sternovertebral
  9. sternpicker
  10. sternpickers
  11. sternport

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