SYNAPHEA

Etymology 1

Noun

synaphea (uncountable)

(prosody) The metrical continuity between one colon and another.

(prosody) Mutual connection of all the verses in a system, so that they are scanned as one verse, as in anapaestics.

(prosody) Elision or synalepha, at the end of a line, of the final vowel of a dactylic hexameter before the initial vowel of the next.

Etymology 2

Noun

synaphea (plural synapheas)

Any plant of the genus Synaphea, especially one of the type species Synaphea petiolaris.

Source: Wiktionary



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(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals


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