polypetalous

American  

[pol-ee-pet-l-uhs] / ˌpɒl iˈpɛt l əs /

adjective

Botany.

1. having a corolla of separate petals.

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polypetalous British  

/ ˌpɒlɪˈpɛtələs /

adjective

1. (of flowers) having many distinct or separate petals Compare gamopetalous

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Other Word Forms

• polypetaly noun

Etymology

Origin of polypetalous

First recorded in 1695–1705; poly- + petalous

Example Sentences

Rhamnus, ram′nus, n. a genus of polypetalous shrubs and trees, including the buckthorn.

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Drosera�ce�, a nat. ord. of polypetalous Dicotyledons, consisting of insectivorous marsh herbs, whose leaves are usually covered with glands or glandular hairs.

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The general name of polypetalous is given to corollas having separate petals, while monopetalous, gamopetalous or sympetalous is applied to those in which the petals are united.

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Irregular Flowers may be polypetalous, or nearly so, as in the papilionaceous corolla; but most of them are irregular through coalescence, which often much disguises the numerical symmetry also.

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The same relationship, but in a much less degree, exists in the case of median prolification, as that aberration is likewise most commonly met with in polypetalous flowers.

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