ACTINOMORPHIC


Meaning of ACTINOMORPHIC in English

— actinomorphy , n.

/ak tin'oh mawr"fik, ak'teuh noh-/ , adj.

1. Biol. having radial symmetry.

2. Bot. (of certain flowers, as the buttercup) divisible vertically into similar halves by each of a number of planes passing through the axis.

Also, actinomorphous .

[ 1895-1900; ACTINO- + -MORPHIC ]

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