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synanthies

synanthies is the plural of synanthy.

Meaning of synanthy

Noun

synanthy (usually uncountable, plural synanthies)

  1. (usually) the abnormal fusion of two or more flowers
    • Many of the recorded cases of synanthy are really cases of the adhesion of the inflorescence rather than of the flowers.1869, Maxwell Tylden Masters, Vegetable Teratology, page 44

Questions about synanthies

What is synanthies the plural of?
Synanthies is the plural of synanthy.

Words near synanthies in the dictionary

  1. synantherous
  2. synanthery
  3. synanthesis
  4. synanthetic
  5. synanthic
  6. synanthies
  7. synanthous
  8. synanthrope
  9. synanthropes
  10. synanthropic
  11. synanthropically

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