petalody

American  

[pet-l-oh-dee] / ˈpɛt lˌoʊ di /

noun

Botany.

1. a condition in flowers, in which certain organs, as the stamens in most double flowers, assume the appearance of or become metamorphosed into petals.

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petalody British  

/ ˈpɛtəˌləʊdɪ, ˌpɛtəˈlɒdɪk /

noun

1. a condition in certain plants in which stamens or other parts of the flower assume the form and function of petals

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Other Word Forms

• petalodic adjective

Etymology

Origin of petalody

1880–85; < Greek petalṓdēs leaflike ( petal, -ode ¹ ) + -y ³

Example Sentences

Petalody, metamorphosis of stamens, &c., into petals.

From Project Gutenberg

In these flowers, owing to the petalody of the stamens and pistils, one or both, an impression of exaggerated number is produced, which is by no means necessarily a true one.

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The change is associated with petalody of the stamens and pistils.

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Petalody of the styles and median prolification are also sometimes found in association with an augmented number of stamens.

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In instances where the organs are formed successively in spiral order, we meet with such changes as median prolification, petalody, and phyllody.

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