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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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.
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
It has also been somewhat too generally stated that peloria occurs principally on luxuriant vigorous plants.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
To this latter form of peloria it is proposed to give the distinctive epithet of irregular.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
The colour at the base of the tube inside is as in the perfect peloria; while round the summit of the tube, in both cases, the intensity of colour is greatest on the outside.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
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