meristic
me·ris·tic
adj \mə-ˈris-tik\Definition of MERISTIC
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: involving modification in number or in geometrical relation of body parts <meristic variation in petals>
— me·ris·ti·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
Origin of MERISTIC
Greek meristos
First Known Use: 1894
Rhymes with MERISTIC
artistic, autistic, ballistic, Buddhistic, cladistic, cubistic, deistic, ekistic, eristic, faunistic, floristic, heuristic, holistic, hubristic, juristic, linguistic, logistic, monistic, patristic, phlogistic, puristic, simplistic, sophistic, statistic, stylistic, Taoistic, theistic, Thomistic, touristic, tropistic, truistic, veristic, Yahwistic
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