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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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 Maxwell T. Masters
In the number for June 8th, 1861, page 211, Darwin wrote on the variability of the central flower of the carrot and the peloria of the central flower in Pelargonium.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Sir Francis Darwin
This change is sometimes classed with peloria, but there is no abnormal regularity in these cases.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters
Cases of peloria are not included in the subjoined list.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters
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 Maxwell T. Masters
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