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Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names
Of a flower with the perianth segments such as sepals and petals differing in shape, size, position and/or number so this type of flower can be bisected in one plane only; into equal halves bilaterally symmetrical.
Derived from Greek zygo = yoke.
(Compare with: Actinomorphyc)
◄ The zigomorphic flower of Schlumbergera truncata