RADIATIFORM

Ra`di*at"i*form, a. (Bot.)

Definition: Having the marginal florets enlarged and radiating but not ligulate, as in the capitula or heads of the cornflower, Gray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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