Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In botany, irregular or unsymmetrical growth.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) Unequal growth of a cell, or of a part of a plant.

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  • noun botany unequal growth of a cell, or of part of a plant.

Etymologies

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Latin, from Ancient Greek.

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