synaphea

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Ancient Greek συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to join together”). ==== Alternative forms ==== synapheia ==== Noun ==== synaphea (uncountable) (prosody) The metrical continuity between one colon and another. (prosody) Mutual connection of all the verses in a system, so that they are scanned as one verse, as in anapaestics. (prosody) 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 === From translingual Synaphea (“genus name”). ==== Noun ==== synaphea (plural synapheas) Any plant of the genus Synaphea, especially one of the type species Synaphea petiolaris. ===== Derived terms ===== granite synaphea (Synaphea acutiloba) Helena synaphea (Synaphea pinnata) Albany synaphea (Synaphea polymorpha)