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HOMOSTYLOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does homostylous mean?
• HOMOSTYLOUS (adjective)
The adjective HOMOSTYLOUS has 1 sense:
1. (botany) having styles all of the same length
Familiarity information: HOMOSTYLOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(botany) having styles all of the same length
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
homostyled; homostylic; homostylous
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Pertainym:
style ((botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma)
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