| AMPHITROPOUS | • amphitropous adj. (Botany) Having the ovule bent so that the ends are near each other. • AMPHITROPOUS adj. of an ovule, with its point of attachment in the middle. |
| APPEACHMENTS | • appeachments n. Plural of appeachment. • APPEACHMENT n. (Shakespeare) the act of appeaching. |
| HAPTOTROPISM | • haptotropism n. (Biology) The movement of parts of a plant (especially tendrils) in response to a touch stimulus. • HAPTOTROPISM n. curving in response to touch, as a tendril. |
| HIPPEASTRUMS | • HIPPEASTRUM n. any plant of the South American genus Hippeastrum, bulbous, with white or red flowers. |
| HIPPODAMISTS | • HIPPODAMIST n. a horse-tamer. |
| HIPPOPOTAMIC | • hippopotamic adj. Of or relating to a hippopotamus. • HIPPOPOTAMIC adj. like a hippopotamus, clumsy, also HIPPOPOTAMIAN. |
| HIPPOPOTAMUS | • hippopotamus n. A large, semi-aquatic, herbivorous (plant-eating) African mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius; common hippopotamus). • hippopotamus n. Any similar animal of the family Hippopotamidae. • Hippopotamus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Hippopotamidae – hippopotamuses. |
| PAMPHLETEERS | • pamphleteers n. Plural of pamphleteer. • PAMPHLETEER v. to write and/or distribute pamphlets. |
| PHONOCAMPTIC | • phonocamptic adj. Reflecting sound. • PHONOCAMPTIC adj. reflecting sound, echoing; relating to echoes. |
| PHOTOMAPPING | • photomapping v. Present participle of photomap. • PHOTOMAP v. to map by means of aerial photography. |
| PHRAGMOPLAST | • phragmoplast n. (Biology) A structure that forms in plant cells during late cytokinesis and serves as a scaffold for… • PHRAGMOPLAST n. the enlarged barrel-shaped spindle that is characteristic of the later stages of plant mitosis and within which the cell plate forms. |
| PHYTOPLASMAS | • phytoplasmas n. Plural of phytoplasma. |
| PRIMATESHIPS | • primateships n. Plural of primateship. • PRIMATESHIP n. the office of primate. |
| PSAMMOPHYTES | • psammophytes n. Plural of psammophyte. • PSAMMOPHYTE n. a plant adapted to growing in sand. |
| PSAMMOPHYTIC | • PSAMMOPHYTIC adj. like a psammophyte, a plant adapted to growing in sand. |
| SAPROPHYTISM | • saprophytism n. The condition of being saprophytic. • SAPROPHYTISM n. being a saprophyte. |
| SPERMAPHYTES | • spermaphytes n. Plural of spermaphyte. • SPERMAPHYTE n. any member of the Spermatophyta, seed-bearing plants, also SPERMOPHYTE. |
| SPERMAPHYTIC | • spermaphytic adj. Synonym of spermatophytic. • SPERMAPHYTIC adj. of or like a spermaphyte, also SPERMOPHYTIC. |
| TROPHOPLASMS | • trophoplasms n. Plural of trophoplasm. • TROPHOPLASM n. the nutritive substance of cell. |