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monosymmetrical
monosyˈmmetrical, a. Bot. [f. mono- + symmetrical.] Of flowers, fruits, etc.: Divisible into exactly similar halves in one plane only.1875 Bennett & Dyer Sachs' Bot. 184 A shoot with alternating leaves in two rows is also simply bilateral without being monosymmetrical. Ibid. 533 The happy expression...
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monosymmetry
monosymmetry Bot. (mɒnəʊˈsɪmɪtrɪ) [f. mono- + symmetry.] The condition of being monosymmetrical.1875 Bennett & Dyer Sachs' Bot. 183 Monosymmetry is..a particular case of the ordinary bilateral structure.
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zygomorphic
zygomorphic, a. Bot. (zaɪgəʊˈmɔːfɪk, zɪg-) [f. Gr. ζυγόν yoke + µορϕή form + -ic.] Applied to a flower that is symmetrical about a single plane, i.e. divisible into similar lateral halves in only one way; = monosymmetrical. Also zygoˈmorphous; opp. to actinomorphous. So zygoˈmorphism, the character ...
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Floral morphology
In contrast, monosymmetrical, dorsiventral or zygomorphic flowers have bilateral symmetry and the evolution of their shape is related to the need to attract
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plagiotropic
plagiotropic, a. Bot. (pleɪdʒɪəʊˈtrɒpɪk) [a. G. plagiotrop (J. von Sachs 1879, in Arbeiten Bot. Inst. Würzburg II. 227) f. plagio- + Gr. τροπικός inclined, f. τρόπος turning.] Said of members or organs of plants, the two halves of which react differently to the influences of light, gravitation, and ...
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dors-
dorsi-, (dors-) combining form of L. dors-um back (chiefly in anatomical, zoological, and botanical terms) = ‘back-; of, to, on the back’. (Sometimes less properly in the sense ‘back and ―’, which is correctly expressed by dorso-.) Used in modern formations, as dorsiˈbranchiate a., having gills on t...
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hemidome
hemidome Cryst. (ˈhɛmɪdəʊm) [f. hemi- + dome n. 5 b.] A pair of parallel and equal faces, parallel to the orthodiagonal in the monoclinic (or monosymmetrical) system (in which two such pairs constitute a dome). Hence hemidoˈmatic a., of or pertaining to a hemidome.1868 Dana Min. Introd. (ed. 5) 27 M...
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dorso-
dorso-, dors- stem and combining form of L. dorsum back, used in comb. in the sense ‘back and ―’ (but sometimes improperly in other senses, where dorsi- is the etymological form) in modern formations, as dorso-abˈdominal, dorsabˈdominal a., relating to the back and abdomen, or to the dorsal and vent...
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