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peloria

[ puh-lawr-ee-uh, -lohr- ]

noun

Botany.
  1. regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.


peloria

/ -ˈlÉ’-; pɛˈlÉ”Ërɪə; pɛˈlÉ”Ërɪk /

noun

  1. the abnormal production of actinomorphic flowers in a plant of a species that usually produces zygomorphic flowers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • peloric, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è±ð·±ô´Ç°ù·¾±³¦ [p, uh, -, lawr, -ik, -, lor, -], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of peloria1

1855–60; < New Latin < Greek ±èé±ôÅ°ù ( os ) monstrous ( ±èé±ôÅ°ù monster + -os adj. suffix) + -ia -ia
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of peloria1

C19: via New Latin from Greek ±è±ð±ôÅ°ù´Ç²õ, from ±è±ð±ôÅ°ù monster
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Example Sentences

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He named the plant Peloria, after the Greek word for 'monster'.

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Peloria, pÄ“-lÅ′ri-a, n. the appearance of regularity in flowers normally irregular—also Pel′orism.—adjs.

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Peloria, an abnormal return to regularity and symmetry in an irregular flower; commonest in Snapdragon.

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In Thessaly the peloria were a festival, the name of which was derived from Pelor, the man that brought news that an earthquake had drained the valley of Tempe.

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Regular peloria of Gloxinia 207110, 111.

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