Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Capable of being divided into equal halves along any diameter, as the flowers of a rose or tulip; radially symmetrical.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
actinomorphous .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany, of a flower Having its
petals arranged in aradially symmetric fashion.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis
Etymologies
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actino- + -morphic
Examples
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The flowers are normally bisexual, which means they contain male and female organs, and are normally also actinomorphic, which means they are radially symmetrical.
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The flowers are normally bisexual, which means they contain male and female organs, and are normally also actinomorphic, which means they are radially symmetrical.
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The flowers are normally bisexual, which means they contain male and female organs, and are normally also actinomorphic, which means they are radially symmetrical.
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