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tetracoccous

tetracoccous adjective: having four cocci, or carpels.

Adjective

tetracoccous (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Having four cocci, or carpels.

Origin of tetracoccous

From tetra- + coccus + -ous.

Questions about tetracoccous

What does tetracoccous mean?
Tetracoccous means having four cocci, or carpels.
What part of speech is tetracoccous?
Tetracoccous is an adjective.

Words near tetracoccous in the dictionary

  1. tetracid
  2. tetracids
  3. tetracistronic
  4. tetraclone
  5. tetraclones
  6. tetracoccous
  7. tetracola
  8. tetracolon
  9. tetracolons
  10. tetracolored
  11. tetracolpate

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