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pleiotaxy

or plei·o·tax·is

[ plahy-uh-tak-see ]

noun

, Botany.
  1. an increase in the normal number of parts.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pleiotaxy1

First recorded in 1885–90; pleio- + -taxy

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