polypetalous
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- polypetaly noun
Etymology
Origin of polypetalous
Example Sentences
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Rhamnus, ram′nus, n. a genus of polypetalous shrubs and trees, including the buckthorn.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
It is more common among polysepalous and polypetalous plants than in those in which the sepals or petals are united together.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
Cohesion of the sepals in a normally polypetalous calyx renders the latter gamosepalous, and is not of uncommon occurrence, to a partial extent, though rarely met with complete.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
Rorid′ula, a genus of polypetalous plants of the Sundew family.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
In the last-named genus, C. rotundifolia has been found with polypetalous flowers in a wild state in the mountains of Canton Neufchatel, Switzerland, and gave rise to the creation of a new genus.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
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