-opsis

a combining form meaning “likeness,” used especially in the names of living organisms and organic structures that resemble the thing named by the initial element: coreopsis.

Origin:
< Greek ópsis appearance, sight

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-opsis

—*n combining form*
	indicating a specified appearance or resemblance: meconopsis

[from Greek opsis sight]

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