Etymology

strophiole

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Today it means: An excrescence or tubercle around the hilum of certain seeds. Full definition →

Ancient Greek στροφή
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστροφή“a turn, bend, twist”
  2. English todaystrophiole

Diminutive of Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ, “a turn, bend, twist”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekστροφή all →

strophe-strophy

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