Definitions For Synaphea

Etymology 1

"to join together"

Alternative forms

synapheia

Noun

SYNAPHEA (uncountable) (prosody) The metrical continuity between one colon and another. (prosody) mutual, mutual connection of all the verses in a system, so that they are scanned as one verse, as in anapaestics. (prosody) elision, elision or synalepha, at the end of a line, of the final vowel of a dactylic hexameter before the initial vowel of the next.

Etymology 2

{{der, en, mul, Synaphea, , genus name}}

Noun

SYNAPHEA (plural SYNAPHEAs) Any plant of the genus {{l, mul, Synaphea}}, especially one of the type species Synaphea petiolaris.

Derived terms

{{vern, granite synaphea}} (Synaphea acutiloba) {{vern, Helena synaphea}} (Synaphea pinnata) {{vern, Albany synaphea}} (Synaphea polymorpha)