peloria
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of peloria
1855–60; < New Latin < Greek pélōr ( os ) monstrous ( pélōr monster + -os adj. suffix) + -ia -ia
Example Sentences
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Diclinous or monochlamydeous plants owe their imperfect conformation to suppression, and may become structurally complete by a species of peloria.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
It is, however, necessary to exercise discrimination, and not to attribute to peloria all the cases that at first sight appear to be so referable.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
In Thessaly the peloria were a festival, the name of which was derived from Pelor, the man that brought news that an earthquake had drained the valley of Tempe.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
On the other hand, were the ligulate florets to be all replaced by tubular ones, the term peloria would be more strictly applicable.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
The number of parts is also frequently increased; thus, in Antirrhinum majus the corolla, when subjected to peloria, is very generally six-parted, and has six stamens.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
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