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polypetalous

[ pol-ee-pet-l-uhs ]

adjective

Botany.
  1. having a corolla of separate petals.


polypetalous

/ ËŒ±èÉ’±ôɪˈ±èÉ›³ÙÉ™±ôÉ™²õ /

adjective

  1. (of flowers) having many distinct or separate petals Compare gamopetalous
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of polypetalous1

First recorded in 1695–1705; poly- + petalous
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Example Sentences

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Reseda, rē-sē′da, n. a genus of polypetalous plants, the mignonette family.

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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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In some polypetalous corollas, as that of the vine, the petals are separate at the base and adhere by the apices.

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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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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.

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