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pleiotaxy

American  
[plahy-uh-tak-see] / ˈplaɪ əˌtæk si /
Or pleiotaxis

noun

Botany.
  1. an increase in the normal number of parts.


Etymology

Origin of pleiotaxy

First recorded in 1885–90; pleio- + -taxy

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