aetheogamous

See also: aëtheogamous

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

aetheogam +‎ -ous[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

aetheogamous (not comparable)

  1. (botany)[1] Of the nature of an aetheogam.

Usage notes

  • Being ultimately derived from the two vowels ἀή (aḗ) (alpha-eta: aē), rather than the diphthong αἰ (ai) (alpha-iota: ai), the initial ae- of aetheogamous can only properly be written as two separate letters (ae), with a diaeresis atop the e (as aëtheogamous) being optional; the spellings *ætheogamous and *etheogamous are, therefore, erroneous.

Synonyms

References

  1. 1 2 3 “aetheogamous, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
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