Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

actinomorphy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: acti-nomor-phy
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of being actinomorphic.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In addition, the floral morphological diversification in Petrocosmea involves several evolutionary phenomena, i.e. evolutionary successive specialization from clade A to clade C, reversal from clade C to clade E as well as within clade C, parallel evolution reflected by the parallel branches switching to moderate zygomorphy or almost actinomorphy in clade C, and convergent evolution demonstrated by floral similarity between some branches in clades C and E."

Etymology

From actino- + -morphy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: actino
Suffix: morphy

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does actinomorphy mean?: The condition of being actinomorphic.
Where does actinomorphy come from?: From actino- + -morphy.

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