See Also: pleio-(medicine)
pleio-(dictionary)

pleio- (iou)



pleio- combining form.
[Greek, combining form of pleion, -ion more, compar. of polus much (see POLY-): see -O-. See also PLEO-, PLIO-.]
Having more than a certain or the usual number.
pleiochasium Botany a cyme in which the branching is continued by more than two branches of the same order L19.
pleio'mazia noun (Anatomy) pleomastia M19.
plei'omerous adjective (Botany) (of a floral whorl) having more than the normal number of parts L19.
plei'omery noun (Botany) pleiomerous condition L19.
pleio'phyllous adjective (Botany) exhibiting an abnormal increase in the number of leaves at a given point or of leaflets in a compound leaf M19.
pleiophylly noun (Botany) pleiophyllous condition M19.
pleiotaxy noun (Botany) an abnormal increase in the number of whorls in a perianth M19.