polychasium

noun

poly·​cha·​sium

plural polychasia

-(ē)ə

: a cymose inflorescence in which each relative main axis produces more than two branches compare dichasium, monochasium

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from poly- + -chasium (as in dichasium)

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