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Plesiomorphic meaning

  1. Sharing a character state with an ancestral clade; primitive.
  2. Plesiomorphous.

Using Plesiomorphic

  • The main meaning on this page is: Sharing a character state with an ancestral clade; primitive. | Plesiomorphous.

Context around Plesiomorphic

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

distinguish 1×

Sentence patterns with Plesiomorphic

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

be the plesiomorphic state in 1× not distinguish plesiomorphic from apomorphic 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

phenetic methods have 1× six of the 1×

Common sentence endings:

from apomorphic traits 1× in the order 1×

Words around Plesiomorphic

Just before it in the word index:

plesiochronous 3 pleshette 4 plese 2 plesac 8 ples 3 pleroma 15

Just after it in the word index:

plesiomorphies 3 plesiomorphy 3 plesiosaur 10 plesiosaurs 6 plesman 2 pless 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Plesiomorphic

  • In this selection, "plesiomorphic" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, distinguish stand out and add context to how "plesiomorphic" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include be the plesiomorphic state in and not distinguish plesiomorphic from apomorphic. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "plesiomorphic" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with plesiomorphic

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Phenetic methods have become relatively rare in modern times, largely superseded by cladistic analyses, as phenetic methods do not distinguish plesiomorphic from apomorphic traits. (24 words)

Six of the eight families of the Zingiberales contain taxa specialized for pollination by vertebrates, which appears to be the plesiomorphic state in the order. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

Six of the eight families of the Zingiberales contain taxa specialized for pollination by vertebrates, which appears to be the plesiomorphic state in the order. (25 words)

Phenetic methods have become relatively rare in modern times, largely superseded by cladistic analyses, as phenetic methods do not distinguish plesiomorphic from apomorphic traits. (24 words)

Example sentences (2)

Phenetic methods have become relatively rare in modern times, largely superseded by cladistic analyses, as phenetic methods do not distinguish plesiomorphic from apomorphic traits.

Six of the eight families of the Zingiberales contain taxa specialized for pollination by vertebrates, which appears to be the plesiomorphic state in the order.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "plesiomorphic" in a sentence?
An example: "Phenetic methods have become relatively rare in modern times, largely superseded by cladistic analyses, as phenetic methods do not distinguish plesiomorphic from apomorphic traits." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "plesiomorphic" from authentic English texts.
What does "plesiomorphic" mean?
Plesiomorphic means: Sharing a character state with an ancestral clade; primitive.
How many example sentences with "plesiomorphic" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "plesiomorphic", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.