ampho-, amph-, amphi-

The existence of life in, or connected with, two elements: Amphibiousness of some plants can be defined as the ability to thrive both on soil and in water.

Amphibiousness can also be exemplified by vehicles that are adapted to perform on water and on land.

In biology, pertaining to both holoblastic and meroblastic features: Amphiblastic cleavage of ova can be complete but unequal after fertilization Segmenting unequally; said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.

A free-swimming larval state of sponges:: An amphiblastula has an equal number of flagellate and nonflagellate cells separated from each other on each side of the blastula.

Any of a large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals: Hornblende, for example is an amphibole contains various combinations of sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum.

Pertaining to any of a large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals: Hornblende is considered to be amphibolic because it consists of various combinations of sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum.

A phrase or sentence that can be interpreted in two ways, usually because of the grammatical construction rather than the meanings of the words themselves: The phrase, "the boy on the chair with a broken leg", is an example of amphibology.

Ambiquity of speech arising from uncertain grammar: The amphiboly in the following phrase can be interpreted in two ways. "The little girl on the table with the broken leg" can be understood either as the girl has a broken leg, or that the table has a broken leg!

1. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables: An amphibrach can be exemplified by the word remember in which the middle syllable is stressed. (re- mind-er)..
2. A trisyllabic foot, the arrangement of the syllables of which is short, long, short in quantitative meter, or unstressed, stressed, unstressed in accentual meter: The word "together" is an example of an accentual amphibrach.

Floating convertible cars operating on both land and in water.

These cars have two propellers at the back and an exhaust that sticks out above the water line. This kind of car was built in Germany from 1961 to 1968 and imported to the United States and they are still being used by collectors who even have a Website at www.amphicar.com.

Producing two kinds of fruit that differ either in form or in time of ripening.

Producing fruits above ground that are subsequently buried.

Having fruit of two kinds, either as to form, or time of maturation.

1. Converging at both ends; a reference to a plexus of blood vessels having one afferent and one efferent trunk.
2. Coming together at both ends, said of a rete mirabile (vascular network interrupting the continuity of an artery or vein) that starts when a blood vessel breaks up into a number of branches and ends by the branches joining again to form the same vessel.

1. Having a double action upon test colors in chemistry.
2. Exhibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.

The occurrence of different colored flowers on individual plants in different seasons.