acrogynous
English
/əˈkɹɒdʒ.ən.əs/, /əˈkɹɑ.dʒɨn.əs/
adj
Definitions
- (botany) Producing archegonia from the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ἄκρος (highest, sharp, at the extremity, pointed, at the edge, topmost, high, extreme, edge, top, heights, outmost, tip, extremity, beginning, outermost, peak, uppermost).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἄκρος
Gloss
highest, sharp, at the extremity, pointed, at the edge, topmost, high, extreme, edge, top, heights, outmost, tip, extremity, beginning, outermost, peak, uppermost
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
端, 縁
Emoji
🪒
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acro- English
- acromion English
- acronym English
- acrostatic English
- acrotrichium English
- Acroceraunia Latin
- Acroceraunius Latin
- acro- Latin
- acro- Italian
- acro- Dutch, Flemish
- acromion French
- acrophonie French
- acromion Spanish, Castilian
- φαλακρός Ancient Greek
- ἀκρεμών Ancient Greek
- ἀκροβάτης Ancient Greek
- ἀκροκώλιον Ancient Greek
- ἀκροποσθία Ancient Greek
- ἀκρωμία Ancient Greek
- ἀκρόπολις Ancient Greek
- ἄκρος Ancient Greek
- ὦμος Ancient Greek
- *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ḱrós Proto-Indo-European
- akro- Norwegian Bokmål
- acrograma Portuguese
- akro- Norwegian Nynorsk
- acra- Irish
- άκρος Greek (modern)
- akromion Indonesian