-opsis


  1. a combining form meaning “likeness,” used especially in the names of living organisms and organic structures that resemble the thing named by the initial element: coreopsis.

Origin of -opsis

1
From the Greek word ópsis appearance, sight

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-opsis

n combining form
  1. indicating a specified appearance or resemblance: meconopsis

Origin of -opsis

1
from Greek opsis sight

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