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zeugma
sylleptically
humorous
growth
meristem
modifies
differently
branch
sylleptic
terminal
figure of speech
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incongruity
understood
word
lateral
simultaneously
dormancy
Definitions:
Noun
syllepsis
Definition: use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one
Definition: A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such that the modification must be understood differently with respect to each modified word; often causing humorous incongruity.