Etymology

rhipidium

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Today it means: A scorpioid cyme whose successive pedicels follow a zigzag path on the same plane. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ῥιπίδιον
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromῥιπίδιον
  2. English todayrhipidium

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥιπίδιον (rhipídion).

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