Multicentral development(Biol.), growth, or development, from several centers. According as the insubordination to a single center is more or less pronounced, the resultant organism will be more or less irregular in form and may even become discontinuous.

Multicipital
(Mul`ti*cip"i*tal) a. [Multi- + L. caput head.] (Bot.) Having many heads or many stems from one crown or root. Gray.

Multicolor
(Mul"ti*col`or) a. [See Multi- , and Color.] Having many, or several, colors.

Multicostate
(Mul`ti*cos"tate) a. [Multi- + costate.] Having numerous ribs, or costæ, as the leaf of a plant, or as certain shells and corals.

Multicuspid
(Mul`ti*cus"pid) a. [See Multi- , and Cuspid.] Multicuspidate; — said of teeth.

Multicuspidate
(Mul`ti*cus"pi*date) a. [Multi- + cuspidate.] Having many cusps or points.

Multidentate
(Mul`ti*den"tate) a. [Multi- + dentate.] Having many teeth, or toothlike processes.

Mulloid
(Mul"loid) a. [NL. Mullus, generic name (fr. L. mullus surmullet) + - oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Mullus, which includes the surmullet, or red mullet.

Mulmul
(Mul"mul) n. A fine, soft muslin; mull.

Mulse
(Mulse) n. [L. mulsum fr. mulsus mixed with honey, honey-sweet, p. p. of mulcere to sweeten, soften.] Wine boiled and mingled with honey.

Mult-
(Mult-). See Multi-.

Multangular
(Mul*tan"gu*lar) a. [L. multangulus; multus much, many + angulus angle: cf. F. multangulaire.] Having many angles.Mul*tan"gu*lar*ly, adv.Mul*tan"gu*lar*ness, n.

Multanimous
(Mul*tan"i*mous) a. [Mult- + L. animus mind.] Many-minded; many-sided.

The multanimous nature of the poet.
J. R. Lowell.

Multarticulate
(Mul`tar*tic"u*late) a. [Mult- + articulate.] Having many articulations or joints.

Multeity
(Mul*te"i*ty) n. [L. multus much, many.] Multiplicity. [R.] Coleridge.

Multi-
(Mul"ti- Mult-) . [L. multus much.] A prefix signifying much or many; several; more than one; as, multiaxial, multocular.

Multiaxial
(Mul`ti*ax"i*al) a. [Multi- + axial.] (Biol.) Having more than one axis; developing in more than a single line or plain; — opposed to monoaxial.

Multicapsular
(Mul`ti*cap"su*lar) a. [Multi- + capsular: cf. F. multicapsulaire.] (Bot.) Having many, or several, capsules.

Multicarinate
(Mul`ti*car"i*nate) a. [Multi- + carinate.] (Zoöl.) Many- keeled.

Multicavous
(Mul`ti*ca"vous) a. [L. multicavus; multus much, many + cavum, cavus, a cavity, hole, fr. cavus hollow.] Having many cavities.

Multicellular
(Mul`ti*cel"lu*lar) a. Consisting of, or having, many cells or more than one cell.

Multicentral
(Mul`ti*cen"tral) a. [Multi- + central.] Having many, or several, centers; as, a multicentral cell.


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