regular flower

American  

[reg-yuh-ler flau-er] / ˈrɛg yə lər ˈflaʊ ər /

noun

1. Botany. Also called actinomorphic flower. a flower that has radial symmetry, in that the petals and other parts of its whorls are similar in shape and are arranged in a circular pattern. Compare irregular flower.

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regular flower Scientific  

1. A radially symmetric flower. In a regular flower, all of the members of a single whorl, such as the petals, are similar in shape and size. Lilies and the apple tree, for example, bear regular flowers.

2. Compare irregular flower

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Example Sentences

The space and financial investment required is minor: in the study, the gardening took place in regular flower boxes, while the plants cultivated, such as peas, beans, mustards and salads, came from the shop shelf.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2024

The white regular flower is rendered very attractive by a circlet of scales, opposite the petals, each of which bears a fringe of delicate filaments ending in a yellow knob.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

"Only in single stalks," said Tarling, "and the regular flower thieves are careful to steal from various parts of the bed so that the loss should not be reported by the Park gardeners."

From The Daffodil Mystery by Wallace, Edgar

These are small, red, fleshy, and tube-shaped, the calyx and corolla forming a regular flower, as in a Hyacinth.

From Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation by Watson, W.

In all these we have a simple regular flower, but in Aquilegia it is made complex by the spurred petals, and in Delphinium and Aconitum it becomes quite irregular.

From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel