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pleiotaxy definition

pleio·taxy (plī′ə tak′sē)

noun

Bot. an increase in the number of whorls in a flower

Etymology: pleio- + -taxy, an arranging < Gr -taxia < taxis: see taxis

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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