apetalous

How to use apetalous in a sentence

• Rivina, ri-vī′na, n. a genus of apetalous plants, the pokeweed family.

  Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) | Various

• Salicornia, sal-i-kor′ni-a, n. a genus of apetalous plants—the glass-wort, marsh-samphire.

  Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) | Various

• apetalous flowers occur in various Orders, as noted under the subdivisions.

  The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States | Asa Gray

• There is also a variety which is apetalous, or has its petals reduced to mere rudiments.

  The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. | Charles Darwin

• I desire now to call attention to chemical groups under the apetalous plants having simplicity of floral elements.

  Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 | Various