See also: aëtheogamous

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Etymology edit

aetheogam +‎ -ous[1]

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Adjective edit

aetheogamous (not comparable)

  1. (botany)[1] Of the nature of an aetheogam.

Usage notes edit

  • Being ultimately derived from the two vowels ἀή (aḗ) (alpha-eta: ), rather than the diphthong αἰ (ai) (alpha-iota: ai), the initial ae- of aetheogamous can only properly be written as two separate letters (ae), with a diaeresis atop the e (as aëtheogamous) being optional; the spellings *ætheogamous and *etheogamous are, therefore, erroneous.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 aetheogamous, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]