petaloid
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Sepals.—Five; petaloid; the upper prolonged upward into a spur containing the smaller spurs of the two upper petals.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
The specimens collected were sessile and the pileus lateral, somewhat broadened at the free end, or petaloid.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson
Stamens.—Three; borne under the petaloid divisions of the style.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
In the variety anemonaeflora nearly all the stamens have become transformed into small petaloid structures which give the flower the appearance of a double anemone.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
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