Etymology

acrogynous

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Today it means: Producing archegonia from the apical cell of a reproductive branch. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἄκρος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄκρος“tip”
  2. English todayacrogynous

From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “tip”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “female”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἄκρος all →

acrocephalyAcroceraunianacrophony

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