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Definition of Petaline
1. a. Pertaining to a petal; attached to, or resembling, a petal.
Definition of Petaline
1. Adjective. (botany) Pertaining to a petal; attached to, or resembling, a petal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Petaline
1. resembling a petal [adj] - See also: petal
Medical Definition of Petaline
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Petaline
Literary usage of Petaline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of Floral Structures Through Insect and Other Agencies by George Henslow (1888)
"This is still more the case in Oxalis, where, as in Geranium, the sepaline stamens
become the taller set, the petaline the shorter; and the position of the ..."
2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1862)
"The large upper petaline segment is longer than the sepaline parts, which it
resembles in color, but is rather less freely marked ; while the two smaller ..."
3. Amaryllidaceae: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous by William Herbert (1837)
"Do. with petaline rib taken off. 3. ... Do. magnified; a sepaline scars, 5 petaline.
8. ... 17. petaline filament of Als. Hookeriana. J8. ..."
4. Proceedings of the Horticultural Society of London by Horticultural Society of London (1861)
"In varieties having this latter form, the dorsal segment is petaline instead of
... inner or petaline segments together form a triangle with its apex erect. ..."
5. Manual of Mineralogy and Geology by Ebenezer Emmons (1832)
"... near Dunbarton, in Scotland. Water, 13.00 Thompson.' GENUS VI. petaline-SPAR.
H.=6.0—6.5 G. =2.4—2.5 1. ..."
6. The Origin of Floral Structures Through Insect and Other Agencies by George Henslow (1888)
"This is still more the case in Oxalis, where, as in Geranium, the sepaline stamens
become the taller set, the petaline the shorter; and the position of the ..."
7. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1862)
"The large upper petaline segment is longer than the sepaline parts, which it
resembles in color, but is rather less freely marked ; while the two smaller ..."
8. Amaryllidaceae: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous by William Herbert (1837)
"Do. with petaline rib taken off. 3. ... Do. magnified; a sepaline scars, 5 petaline.
8. ... 17. petaline filament of Als. Hookeriana. J8. ..."
9. Proceedings of the Horticultural Society of London by Horticultural Society of London (1861)
"In varieties having this latter form, the dorsal segment is petaline instead of
... inner or petaline segments together form a triangle with its apex erect. ..."
10. Manual of Mineralogy and Geology by Ebenezer Emmons (1832)
"... near Dunbarton, in Scotland. Water, 13.00 Thompson.' GENUS VI. petaline-SPAR.
H.=6.0—6.5 G. =2.4—2.5 1. ..."
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