hapaxanth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plant of a kind that flowers only once in its lifetime and then dies.

Word forms

hapaxanth hapaxanths

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅπαξ (hápax, “once”) + -anth (“flower”). The term was first used by Alexander Braun.

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