peloria
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Etymology
Origin of peloria
1855–60; < New Latin < Greek pélōr ( os ) monstrous ( pélōr monster + -os adj. suffix) + -ia -ia
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Fusion of one or more flowers is also a common accompaniment of peloria, as in Digitalis purpurea, in which plant prolification often adds increased complexity to the flower.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
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.
Amongst Gesneraceæ, Bignoniaceæ, Scrophulariaceæ, and other families of like structure, regular peloria is not uncommon.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
From overlooking the occasional existence of this form of peloria, new genera have sometimes been formed on insufficient grounds.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
We know, at least, that with irregular flowers those nearest to the axis are most subject to peloria, that is to become abnormally symmetrical.
From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles
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