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polyarch, a. Bot. (ˈpɒlɪɑːk) [f. Gr. πολυ-, poly- + ἀρχή beginning, origin.] Proceeding from many points of origin: said of the primary xylem or woody tissue of a stem or root.1884 Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. 351 The xylem is according to the particular case diarch or polyarch, and its starting-...
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polyarchy
polyarchy (ˈpɒlɪɑːkɪ) Also 7–8 erron. polygarchy. [ad. Gr. πολυαρχία rule by many, f. πολυ-, poly- + -αρχία rule. The β form polygarchy, after med.L. polygarchia, obs. F. poligarchie, Sp. poligarquia, Pg. polygarchia, It. poligarchia, arising (in med.L. or the Romanic langs.) from assimilation to ol...
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tetrarch
▪ I. tetrarch, n. (ˈtɛt-, ˈtiːtrɑːk) Forms: 4 tetrarke, 5 -arche, 5– tetrarch; also 4–6 in L. form tetrarcha. [ad. late L. tetrarcha (Vulgate), cl. L. tetrarchēs, a. Gr. τετράρχης, f. τετρα- four- + -αρχης ruling, ruler. Cf. F. tétrarque (13th c.).] 1. Rom. Hist. The ruler of one of four divisions o...
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heptarch
▪ I. heptarch, n. (ˈhɛptɑːk) [f. hepta- + Gr. -αρχος ruling, ruler: cf. heptarchy and tetrarch.] A ruler of one of seven divisions of a country; one of the rulers of the Heptarchy.1822 Blackw. Mag. XII. 410 Ere yet the bloody Heptarch had controll'd, Or yet Northumbria knew the Saxon's power. 1853 L...
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hexa-
hexa- (hɛksə) before a vowel hex-, combining form of Gr. ἕξ six, freely used in Greek, and forming the initial element in various modern technical words, some adopted from Greek, others formed from Greek elements or on Greek analogies. In Chem. it indicates the presence of six atoms of some element,...
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