synaphea

noun4

1. •
   Any plant of the genus Synaphea, especially one of the type species Synaphea petiolaris.
2. •
   The metrical continuity between one colon and another.
3. •
   Mutual connection of all the verses in a system, so that they are scanned as one verse, as in anapaestics.
4. •
   Elision or synalepha, at the end of a line, of the final vowel of a dactylic hexameter before the initial vowel of the next.