apetalous
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of apetalous
From the New Latin word apetalus, dating back to 1700–10. See a- 6, petalous
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Of apetalous Gymnoblasts, some important species are to be recorded, since they form the chief pride of the forests.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by William Cornwallis Harris
It has narrow, short-stalked leaves and inconspicuous, apetalous, unisexual flowers borne in short spikes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
Meiotaxy of the corolla.—Deficiency of the entire corolla occurs in conjunction with similar reductions in other organs, or as an isolated phenomenon in the many apetalous varieties of plants recorded in books.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters
Flowers apetalous, diœcious or polygamous, from a scaly catkin-like bud.
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
Flowers diœcious, mostly apetalous, sometimes also without calyx.
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
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