Exotomous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Exotomous is an adjective meaning Branching outward with no additional bifurcations.
Meaning
Branching outward with no additional bifurcations.
Example Sentences
This genus has the general appearance of locrinus but differs in the strictly exotomous character branching of the arms and in the absence of an indentation each of the radials.
Cup conical, weakly developed basal flange, six arms per ray, one exotomous branching, all brachials biserial within two to five brachials of branching, cup ornamentation probably striae radiating from base of arms onto basals.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bifurcated, unbifurcated, bifurcating, multibranching, uniramous, monobranched.
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