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Meaning of "pleiotaxy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PLEIOTAXY

pleiotaxy  [ˈplaɪəʊˌtæksɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLEIOTAXY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pleiotaxy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PLEIOTAXY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pleiotaxy in the English dictionary

The definition of pleiotaxy in the dictionary is an increase in the number of whorls in a flower.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLEIOTAXY


anthotaxy
ˈænθəˌtæksɪ
ataraxy
ˈætəˌræksɪ
ataxy
əˈtæksɪ
chronaxie
ˈkrəʊnæksɪ
Craxi
ˈkræksɪ
epitaxy
ˈɛpɪˌtæksɪ
eutaxy
ˈjuːtæksɪ
flaxy
ˈflæksɪ
heterotaxy
ˌhetərəʊˈtæksɪ
jacksie
ˈdʒæksɪ
jacksy
ˈdʒæksɪ
jaxie
ˈdʒæksɪ
jaxy
ˈdʒæksɪ
maxi
ˈmæksɪ
orthopraxy
ˈɔːθəˌpræksɪ
phototaxy
ˌfəʊtəʊˈtæksɪ
phyllotaxy
ˌfɪləˈtæksɪ
taxi
ˈtæksɪ
waxy
ˈwæksɪ
zootaxy
ˌzəʊəˈtæksɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLEIOTAXY

pledgor
pleiad
Pleiades
plein-air
plein-airist
pleinairism
Pleiocene
pleiochasium
pleiomerous
pleiomery
pleiotropic
pleiotropism
pleiotropy
Pleistocene
Plekhanov
plena
plenaries
plenarily
plenarty
plenary

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLEIOTAXY

active galaxy
anaphylaxy
chronaxy
galaxy
litholapaxy
metagalaxy
protogalaxy
radio galaxy
Seyfert galaxy
spiral galaxy
the Galaxy

Synonyms and antonyms of pleiotaxy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pleiotaxy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLEIOTAXY

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The translations of pleiotaxy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pleiotaxy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pleiotaxy
1,325 millions of speakers

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pleiotaxy
570 millions of speakers

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pleiotaxy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pleiotaxy
380 millions of speakers
ar

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pleiotaxy
280 millions of speakers

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pleiotaxy
278 millions of speakers

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pleiotaxy
270 millions of speakers

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pleiotaxy
260 millions of speakers

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pleiotaxy
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Translator English - Malay

Pleiotaxy
190 millions of speakers

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pleiotaxy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

多数軸
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pleiotaxy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pleiotaxy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pleiotaxy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pleiotaxy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पलियेटॅक्सी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pleiotaxy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pleiotaxy
65 millions of speakers

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pleiotaxy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pleiotaxy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pleiotaxy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pleiotaxy
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

pleiotaxy
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

pleiotaxy
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

pleiotaxy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pleiotaxy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLEIOTAXY»

The term «pleiotaxy» is barely ever used and occupies the 196.952 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pleiotaxy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLEIOTAXY»

Discover the use of pleiotaxy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pleiotaxy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Vegetable Teratology: An Account of the Principal Deviations ...
In other instances a fusion of two embryo plants may give rise to a similar appearance, as in the Euphorbia and Sinapis found by M. Alph. de Candolle (see ante, p. 56). Pleiotaxy or multiplication of whorls. — In the preceding section notice has ...
Maxwell Tylden Masters, 1869
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Ray Society
Pleiotaxy or multiplication of whorls. — In the preceding section notice has been taken of the increased number of parts in a single whorl, but an augmentation of the number of distinct whorls is still more frequently met with. Many of the ...
‎1869
3
The Classification of Flowering Plants
An increase in the number of whorls beyond what is for any reason regarded as typical is termed pleiotaxy. Thus compared with the monocotyle- donous type as represented by Liliaceae, the polycyclic gynoecium of Alisma or Butomu8 are ...
Alfred Barton Rendle, 1967
4
Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
A Case of Pleiotaxy of the Gynsecium. — By D. Piiain. (With Plates IV and V.) Pleiotaxy of the gynoecium, or an increase in the number of whorls of which the pistil consists, occurs so infrequently that an undoubted instance is not unworthy of ...
Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1896
5
The Principles of Plant-teratology
Leontopodium, pleiotaxy of corolla, 76-77 ; extra pappus, 141. Ligulttflonv, 152. Lilac, abnormal leaves. 200. Liliacea;, origin of perianth. 179-180. Lily, proliferated flower, 16 ; poly- phylly, 60; petalomania, 77, 103; free styles, 117; bracteody of ...
Wilson Crosfield Worsdell, 1916
6
Proceedings
A Case of Pleiotaxy of the Gywecium. — By D. Pkain. (With Plates IV and V.) Pleiotaxy of the gynoacium, or an increase in the number of whorls of which the pistil consists, occnrs so infrequently that an undoubted instance is not unworthy of ...
Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1896
7
The Cultivated Oranges and Lemons, Etc. of India and Ceylon
p. 389. '" Pleiotaxy of the gyncecmm" (augmentation of the number of the carpellary whorls). " The orange is one of the plants most frequently subject to an augmentation in the number of carpellary whorls ; sometimes this is due to the stamens ...
Emanuel Bonavia, 2009
8
WORD JUDGE USA
... PLEINAIRISMS PLEINAIRIST PLEINAIRISTS PLEIOCENE PLEIOTAXIES PLEIOTAXY PLEIOTROPIC PLEIOTROPIES PLEIOTROPY PLENA PLENARIES PLENARILY PLENARY PLENCH PLENCHES PLENIPOTENT PLENIPOTENTIARIES ...
Maliha Mendoza Mahmood, 2013
9
Taxonomy of the Flowering Plants
Oligotaxy and pleiotaxy. Reduction in the number of whorls of the floral organs is called oligotaxy, while an increase in the number is called pleiotaxy. Pleiotaxy may be exemplified by the common "doubling" of some flowers. Oligotaxy may be  ...
Arthur Monrad Johnson, 1931
10
Robertson's Words for a Modern Age: A Cross Reference of ...
Qualifying words: pleiocyclic, pleiomer- ous, pleiomorphous, pleiopetalous, pleiophyl- lous, pleiotaxis, pleiotaxy, pleiotropic, pleio- tropy, pleiotropy. pleioxenous, Pleistocene, pleo- chroic, pleochromatic, pleogamy, pleomastia, pleometrosis, ...
John G. Robertson, 1991

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