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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ZYGOMORPHIC; ZYGOMORPHOUS

Zyg `o *mor "phic, Zyg `o *mor "phous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)

 

Defn: Symmetrical bilaterally; -- said of organisms, or parts of organisms, capable of division into two symmetrical halves only in a single plane.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

zygomorphic

zy go mor phic |ˌzīgəˈmôrfik ˌzaɪɡəˈmɔrfɪk | ▶adjective Botany (of a flower ) having only one plane of symmetry, as in a pea or snapdragon; bilaterally symmetrical. Compare with actinomorphic. DERIVATIVES zy go mor phy |ˈzīgəˌmôrfē |noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

zygomorphic

zygomorphic |ˌzʌɪgə (ʊ )ˈmɔːfɪk, ˌzɪg -| ▶adjective Botany (of a flower ) having only one plane of symmetry, as in a pea or snapdragon; bilaterally symmetrical. Compare with actinomorphic. DERIVATIVES zygomorphy noun