synanthous
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synanthous (not comparable)
- (botany) Having the flowers and leaves appearing at the same time.
- 1885, Palestine Exploration Fund: Quarterly Statement:
- No leaves were yet in sight, but in some cases the petals had fallen , and the seed pod was filling, showing that the leaves are certainly not synanthous, though appearing soon after the flowers.
- 2013, Yitzchak Gutterman, Regeneration of Plants in Arid Ecosystems […] :
- The synanthous species develop leaves and flowers only after a suitable rainfall and flower during the season with rain.
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- “synanthous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.