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synanthous

synanthous adjective: having the flowers and leaves appearing at the same time.

Adjective

synanthous (not comparable)

  1. Having the flowers and leaves appearing at the same time.
    • No leaves were yet in sight, but in some cases the petals had fallen , and the seed pod was filling, showing that the leaves are certainly not synanthous, though appearing soon after the flowers.1885, Palestine Exploration Fund: Quarterly Statement
    • The synanthous species develop leaves and flowers only after a suitable rainfall and flower during the season with rain.2013, Yitzchak Gutterman, Regeneration of Plants in Arid Ecosystems […]

Origin of synanthous

From syn- + -anthous.

Questions about synanthous

What does synanthous mean?
Synanthous means having the flowers and leaves appearing at the same time.
What part of speech is synanthous?
Synanthous is an adjective.

Words near synanthous in the dictionary

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

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