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Definition of Actinomorphous
1. Adjective. Capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis.
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Similar to: Actinoid
Antonyms: Zygomorphic
Definition of Actinomorphous
1. Adjective. (botany) (''of a flower'') Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Actinomorphous
Literary usage of Actinomorphous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1890)
"The flower is always actinomorphous (radiate), oftener hermaphrodite (having both
stamens and pistil), seldom polygamous (hermaphrodite flowers occurring ..."
2. The Principles of Pharmacognosy an Introduction to the Study of the Crude by Friedrich August Flückiger, Alexander Tschirch (1887)
"... into two equal halves (reflex images) by several dissecting lines drawn through
its central point, it is called regular or actinomorphous ' (®) (Figs. ..."
3. The Principles of Pharmacognosy by Friedrich August Flückiger, Alexander Tschirch (1887)
"... into two equal halves (reflex images) by several dissecting lines drawn through
its central point, it is called regular or actinomorphous ' (©) (Figs. ..."
4. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1888)
"An Order or a Scries of the Class Monocotyledones, being bog or water plants with
actinomorphous flowers ; endosperm scanty ..."
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