actinomorphic

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌæktɪnəʊˈmɔːfɪk/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ak tin′ō môr′fik, ak′tə nō-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ac•tin•o•mor•phic  (ak tin′ō môr′fik, ak′tə nō-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Biologyhaving radial symmetry.
  2. Botany(of certain flowers, as the buttercup) divisible vertically into similar halves by each of a number of planes passing through the axis.
Also, ac•tin′o•mor′phous. 
  • actino- + -morphic 1895–1900
ac•tin′o•mor′phy, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
actinomorphic / ˌæktɪnəʊˈmɔːfɪk/, actinomorphous / ˌæktɪnəʊˈmɔːfəs/
  1. (esp of a flower) having radial symmetry, as buttercups
    See also zygomorphic
'actinomorphic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
actino- - regular - symmetrical - zygomorphic

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