Definition of Chlamydeous

1. Adjective. Having a floral envelope or perianth consisting of a calyx and/or corolla.

Category relationships: Botany, Phytology
Antonyms: Achlamydeous
Derivative terms: Chlamys

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chlamydeous

chivying
chiz
chizz
chizzed
chizzes
chizzing
chk
chk1 protein kinase
chkalovite
chkalovites
chkpt
chks
chladniite
chladniites
chlamydate
chlamydeous (current term)
chlamydes
chlamydia infections
chlamydia pneumonia
chlamydia pneumoniae
chlamydia psittaci
chlamydiaceae
chlamydiaceae infections
chlamydiae
chlamydial
chlamydial arthritis
chlamydiales
chlamydias

Literary usage of Chlamydeous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Outlines of botany by Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1835)
"... that is, a- or mono-chlamydeous angio- ... A- or mono-, seldom di- chlamydeous angiospermous ..."

2. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"... or chlamydeous ovule is of three principal kind», with one or two subordinate modifications. ..."

3. Morphology of Angiosperms: (Morphology of Spermatophytes. Part II) by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1903)
"... the Lauraceae are the characteristic tree-forms; while in south temperate regions the Proteaceae are the prominent archi- chlamydeous forest trees. 10. ..."

4. Botany of the Southern States by John Darby (1860)
"They have sometimes a single envelope, and are said to be mono- chlamydeous, or having a single covering, and this envelope is called the calyx. ..."

5. Glimpses of the Cosmos by Lester Frank Ward (1913)
"... it is deemed unnatural to separate these two orders by putting the former into the Mono- chlamydeous division. [See A merican Naturalist, November, ..."

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