peloria
noun
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
peloric
-
a word derived from
peloria.
Example Sentences
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In another Labiate plant grown by me, viz. the Galeobdolon luteum, the peloric flowers were always produced on the summit of the stem, where flowers are not usually borne.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Charles Darwin
Here we have the first experimental mutation of a normal into a peloric race.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
The first record of the peloric toad-flax is that of Zioberg, a student of Linnaeus, who found it in the neighborhood of Upsala.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
It is from this pair of plants that my peloric race has sprung.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
The ordinary species produces from time to time stray peloric flowers.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
