epistrophe
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Is epistrophe a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.Examples: "Epistrophe many sentences will close With the same word, in verse as well as prose."Synonyms: epiphora, antistropheAntonyms: anaphoracountablerhetoricuncountable
2. (botany) An arrangement of chlorophyll grains on the outer surface of plant cells, as opposed to apostrophe (an arrangement at right angles to the surface).Examples: "As is well known, chloroplast in the epistrophe position presents an oval or more or less circular form; in the apostrophe position a flattened and lenticular form."countableuncountable
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