metapheryBot.|məˈtæfərɪ| [f.Gr. µετα- meta- + -ϕερεια (cf. periphery), ϕέρειν to carry.] ‘The displacement of organs, as when alternate become opposite’ (Jackson Gloss.Bot. Terms). 1869M. T. Masters Veget. Terat. 91 Morren..speaks of this transposition as metaphery.1879in Stormonth Man.Sci. Terms.