petaloid
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Lip free, deeply concave at base, narrowly constricted and somewhat jointed in the middle, the upper portion dilated and petaloid.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Stamens.—Three; borne under the petaloid divisions of the style.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Sepals.—Five; petaloid; the upper prolonged upward into a spur containing the smaller spurs of the two upper petals.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
B. Glands of the involucre without petaloid appendages.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
When the parts of the calyx are in appearance like petals they are said to be petaloid, as in Liliaceae.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
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