单词 | pleiotaxy |
释义 | > as lemmaspleiotaxy pleiotaxy n. Brit. /ˈplʌɪə(ʊ)ˌtaksi/ , U.S. /ˈplaɪoʊˌtæksi/ [compare meiotaxy n.; perhaps compare scientific Latin Pleiotaxis, genus name (1865 or earlier)] Botany rare the presence of more than the usual number of whorls, as in double flowers.ΚΠ 1869 M. T. Masters Veg. Teratol. iii. i. ii. 353 ‘Pleiotaxy’ may be applied to those cases in which the number of whorls is increased. 1917 J. W. Harshberger Text-bk. Mycol. & Plant Pathol. xxvii. 338 Pleiotaxy (Masters).—The increase in the number of whorls in a flower. < as lemmas |
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