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Definition of Apetalous
1. Adjective. (of flowers) having no petals.
Definition of Apetalous
1. a. Having no petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under Anther].
Definition of Apetalous
1. Adjective. Having no petals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apetalous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Apetalous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Apetalous
Literary usage of Apetalous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"apetalous EXOGENOUS PLANTS. Corolla wanting, the calyx being the only floral
envelope; ... Low herbs or twining plants with apetalous, perfect flowers. ..."
2. Flora of the southern United States: Containing Abridged Descriptions of the by Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1872)
"apetalous EXOGENOUS PLANTS. Floral envelopes single, consisting of a calyx only,
or altogether wanting. ORDER 105. ..."
3. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States by Asa Gray (1859)
"Flowers often of 2 sorts, the more fertile ones apetalous. ... Flow- era of 2
sorts intermixed, the fertile apetalous. ..."
4. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany, a Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1880)
"apetalous DIVISION. Includes the orders with flowers destitute of corolla ; some are
... from all other apetalous orders by the numerous ovules and seeds ..."
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