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 ( see petal, -ode ¹) + -y ³

Example Sentences

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.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

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

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

The bearings of these and other similar malformations on the morphology of the anther are alluded to under the head of petalody of the anther.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

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

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.