zy·go·mor·phic

(zī′gə-môr′fĭk, zĭg′ə-) also zy·go·mor·phous (-fəs)

adj. Botany

Having bilateral symmetry, as the flowers of a pea plant.

zy′go·mor′phy n.

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Adj.

zygomorphous - capable of division into symmetrical halves by only one longitudinal plane passing through the axis

bilaterally symmetrical, zygomorphic

biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms

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Its flowers are small, clustered into axillary inflorescences, hermaphrodite, pentamer, strongly zygomorphous and bilabiate.

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