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Mul`ti*se"ri*al (?), a. [Multi-
+ serial.] (Bot.) Arranged in many rows, or
series, as the scales of a pine cone, or the leaves of the
houseleek.

Mul`ti*sil"i*quous (?), a. [Multi-
+ siliquious.] (Bot.) Having many pods or
seed vessels.

Mul*tis"o*nous (?), a. [L.
multisonus; multus much, many + sonus sound.]
Having many sounds, or sounding much.

Mul`ti*spi"ral (?), a. [Multi- +
spiral.] (Zoöl.) Having numerous spiral coils
round a center or nucleus; -- said of the opercula of certain
shells.

Mul`ti*stri"ate (?), a. [Multi-
+ striate.] Having many streaks.

Mul`ti*sul"cate (?), a. [Multi-
+ sulcate.] Having many furrows.

Mul"ti*syl`la*ble (?), n. [Multi-
+ syllable.] A word of many syllables; a
polysyllable.


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