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Definition of Petalous
1. Adjective. (of flowers) having petals.
Similar to: Four-petaled, Four-petalled, Five-petaled, Five-petalled, Gamopetalous, Sympetalous, Polypetalous, Salverform, Three-petaled, Three-petalled
Antonyms: Apetalous
Derivative terms: Petal
Definition of Petalous
1. a. Having petals; petaled; -- opposed to apetalous.
Definition of Petalous
1. Adjective. Having petals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Petalous
1. having petals [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Petalous
Literary usage of Petalous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"... the discoverer of this neat plant, now prized in cultivation, and remarkable
for its golden yellow rays simulating a 5-petalous flower.) — Proc. ..."
2. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"And poly- petalous, polysepalous, ... or a polypetalous corolla, or a 5-petalous
corolla, would be taken to mean ... for the gamo- petalous (or formerly ..."
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