Etymology · Ancient Greek
ἀδελφός
12 English words descend from Ancient Greek ἀδελφός, most common first.
- AdelphiA census-designated place in Maryland.
- adelpho-Related to siblings.
- adelphophagyThe consumption of one embryo by another in utero, particularly among certain amphibians, sharks and fishes.
- adelphotaxonA sister taxon.
- adelphousHaving coalescent or clustered filaments.
- deradelphusConjoined twins fused at the thorax and having a single head and neck.
- diadelphousOf a flower, or the plant bearing it: having the stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form two separate bundles, or a bundle and a lone separate stamen.
- pentadelphousOf a flower or plant: having its stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form five separate groups, some of which may contain a single stamen.
- polyadelphousHaving stamens combined in more than two groups.
- synadelphiteAn orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, lead, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.
- tetradelphousHaving its stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form four separate groups, some of which may contain a single stamen.
- triadelphousHaving its stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form three separate groups, some of which may contain a lone stamen.