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Definition: DISCIFLOROUS

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of plants. Cf. Calycifloral.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb disciflorously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(disciflorously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective disciflorous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Disciflorous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: DISCIFLOROUS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of plants. Cf. Calycifloral.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb disciflorously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(disciflorously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective disciflorous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "DISCIFLOROUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)