Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, growing all around an object: applied to fungi which are not restricted to any particular part of the surface of the host.
- 2. In chem., of the nature of amphigen.
- Also written
amphogenous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as the lichens.
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- adjective botany Increasing in size by
growth on all sides, as in thelichens .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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mollusque commented on the word amphigenous
1) Growing around a central point (e.g., some lichens).
2) Growing on both surfaces of leaves (said of fungi).
3) Capable of forming both acids and bases.
4) Sexually attracted to men and women: bisexual.
January 6, 2008