petaloid
having the form or appearance of a petal.
Origin of petaloid
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- in·ter·pet·al·oid, adjective
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How to use petaloid in a sentence
Lip free, deeply concave at base, narrowly constricted and somewhat jointed in the middle, the upper portion dilated and petaloid.
In Iris it is situated on a cleft on the back of the petaloid divisions of the style (fig. 103).
Sometimes, as in Canna, one of the anther-lobes becomes abortive, and a petaloid appendage is produced.
Within this petaloid perianth is a membranous one, together with a boat-shaped bracteolate body, entire.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The | William GriffithThe specimens collected were sessile and the pileus lateral, somewhat broadened at the free end, or petaloid.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. | George Francis Atkinson
British Dictionary definitions for petaloid
/ (ˈpɛtəˌlɔɪd) /
biology resembling a petal, esp in shape: the petaloid pattern on a sea urchin
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