Etymology

meconidium

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Today it means: A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus Gonothyraea (Campanulariidae), having tentacles, and otherwise resembling a free medusa, but remaining attached by a pedicel. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μήκων
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμήκων“poppy”
  2. English todaymeconidium

From Ancient Greek μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”, due to a resemblance to poppy-capsules) + -idium.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμήκων all →

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