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synapheia

synapheia is the alternative form of synaphea.

Meaning of synaphea

Noun (1)

synaphea (uncountable)

  1. The metrical continuity between one colon and another.
  2. Mutual connection of all the verses in a system, so that they are scanned as one verse, as in anapaestics.
  3. Elision or synalepha, at the end of a line, of the final vowel of a dactylic hexameter before the initial vowel of the next.

Noun (2)

synaphea (plural synapheas)

  1. Any plant of the genus Synaphea, especially one of the type species Synaphea petiolaris.

Questions about synapheia

What is synapheia the alternative form of?
Synapheia is the alternative form of synaphea.

Words near synapheia in the dictionary

  1. synantropic
  2. synantropically
  3. synapate
  4. synaphea
  5. synapheas
  6. synapheia
  7. synaphobranchid
  8. synaphobranchids
  9. synapomorphic
  10. synapomorphies
  11. synapomorphous

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