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Definition of Pelorism
1. Noun. An abnormality in plants where the flower appears to revert to an earlier form. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pelorism
1. peloria [n -S] - See also: peloria
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pelorism
Literary usage of Pelorism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1899)
"down.1'aI have discussed the connection between pelorism and a central position,
partly because some few plants are known normally to produce a terminal ..."
2. The Germ-plasm: A Theory of Heredity by August Weismann (1893)
"We need not be surprised that the pelorism was inherited, ... And in ninety plants
which were carefully examined there was not a trace of pelorism, ..."
3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1905)
"Some families are more liable to pelorism than others. Here is a rich field for
further studies of experimental mutation. The Production of Double Flowers. ..."
4. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"21 I have discussed the connection between pelorism and a central position, partly
because some few plants are known normally to produce a terminal flower ..."
5. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"... or pelorism—The appearance of regularity of structure in the articulated.
Petals—The leaves of the corolla, or second circle of organs in a flower. ..."
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