peloria
[puh-lawr-ee-uh, -lohr-]
- regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
Origin of peloria
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"On the existence of two forms of Peloria," by M. T. Masters.
Vegetable TeratologyMaxwell T. Masters
Peloria of this kind, when perfect, is very often associated with other alterations.
Vegetable TeratologyMaxwell T. Masters
This change is sometimes classed with peloria, but there is no abnormal regularity in these cases.
Vegetable TeratologyMaxwell T. Masters
From overlooking the occasional existence of this form of peloria, new genera have sometimes been formed on insufficient grounds.
Vegetable TeratologyMaxwell T. Masters
A similar alteration accompanies this form of peloria in other flowers (see Peloria).
Vegetable TeratologyMaxwell T. Masters
peloria
- the abnormal production of actinomorphic flowers in a plant of a species that usually produces zygomorphic flowers
Word Origin
C19: via New Latin from Greek pelōros, from pelōr monster
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