acyclic

Adjective
  1. Not cyclic;
    Especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls (synset 300681144)
    referred to in: botany, phytology - the branch of biology that studies plants
  2. Having an open chain structure (synset 300680581)
    referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
    similar to: aliphatic - having carbon atoms linked in open chains
    same as: open-chain

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