actinomorphic


Pronunciation key

( ak′ti-nə-môr′fik )

ac•ti•no•mor•phic

adj.

[Gk. aktis, ray + morphe form].

In biology, having radical symmetry as a starfish or flower that can be divided equally in half in more than one longitudal plane.

References

  • Biology of Plants, Fourth Edition, Worth Publishers Inc., Stanford University, Peter H. Raven and Helena Curtis, ©1971
  • Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

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