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amadelphous (adjective), more amadelphous, most amadelphous
1. Pertaining to a person who likes being in crowds and socializing; outgoing; gregarious: Nancy's sister loved to go out and enjoy herself with others almost every evening, and her parents described her as being an amadelphous teenager.
2. In zoology, concerning animals that live and travel in groups or herds: Amadelphous creatures are those that are of the same kind or species and move about or fly together, like certain amadelphous bird species.
3. In botany, descriptive of plants that grow close together: Amadelphous vegetation refers to flora thriving in open clusters or colonies, but not matted together or in dense bunches or clumps.
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