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Definition of Petalody
1. n. The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals.
Definition of Petalody
1. Noun. (botany) The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals. ¹
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Definition of Petalody
1. the metamorphosis of various floral organs into petals [n -DIES]
Medical Definition of Petalody
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Petalody
Literary usage of Petalody
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vegetable Teratology: An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual by Maxwell Tylden Masters (1869)
"Petaloid coloration of the ordinary leaves, or of the bracts, is mentioned under
the chapter relating to colour. petalody of the ..."
2. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1904)
"Approaching regularity in appearance ; petalody of sepal; lobing of petals ;
non-development of spur and formation of "sacs" at the base of all five petals; ..."
3. Annual Report (1910)
"The process by which this doubling was brought about was simply petalody of the
stamens ... In almost every case I have studied, the petalody of the stamens ..."
4. Fundamentals of Botany by Charles Stuart Gager (1916)
"Sometimes coalescence and petalody of stamens will occur in the same specimen,
... I, normal flower with 5 petals; 3, petalody of stamens; 4, coalescence of ..."
5. A Glossary of Botanic Terms: With Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1900)
"(1) = petalody ; (2) having petals ; Petalo'dy, the metamorphosis of stamens or
other organs into petals; ..."
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