Definition of Zygomorphic. Meaning of Zygomorphic. Synonyms of Zygomorphic

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Definition of Zygomorphic

Zygomorphic
Zygomorphic yg`o*mor"phic, Zygomorphous yg`o*mor"phous, a. [Gr. ? a yoke + ? form.] (Biol.) Symmetrical bilaterally; -- said of organisms, or parts of organisms, capable of division into two symmetrical halves only in a single plane.

Meaning of Zygomorphic from wikipedia

- lily (Lilium, Liliaceae) and the buttercup (Ranunculus, Ranunculaceae). Zygomorphic ("yoke shaped", "bilateral" – from the Gr**** ζυγόν, zygon, yoke, and...
- horizontal, whose upper side is differently shaped from the lower side (zygomorphic); and pollen which is yellow. They generally flower earlier than members...
- one plane (i.e., symmetry is bilateral) and are termed irregular or zygomorphic (meaning "yoke-" or "pair-formed"). In irregular flowers, other floral...
- flowers in a species that usually produces bilaterally symmetrical (zygomorphic) flowers. These flowers are spontaneous floral symmetry mutants. The...
- that produces symmetrical halves, the flower is said to be irregular or zygomorphic. If, in rare cases, they have no symmetry at all they are called asymmetric...
- reddish-purple, and the upper ends are tapered. The hermaphrodite flowers are zygomorphic and threefold. The three sepals are 0.8 to 1.2 cm (3⁄8 to 1⁄2 in) long...
- attract pollinators. In the Caesalpinioideae, the flowers are often zygomorphic, as in Cercis, or nearly symmetrical with five equal petals, as in Bauhinia...
- inodorous. The flowers are usually actinomorphic, slightly zygomorphic, or markedly zygomorphic (for example, in flowers with a bilabial corolla in Schizanthus...
- small trees, growing at very sunny spots. The flowers are showy and zygomorphic with big lips (labella). Otacanthus caeruleusabout 1 m (3 ft) high...
- evergreen shrub between 0.5 and 2.5 meters tall, native to Peru. The zygomorphic, long-throated, short-lived white flowers emerge sequentially from overlapping...