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Definition of Labelloid
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the labellum, the lower central petal of the orchid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Labelloid
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Labelloid
Literary usage of Labelloid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"spec. labellum (tech.). lip-shaped, a. labiate (tech.), labelloid (rare).
liquefied, a. liquid (contextual); spec. fusile (rare), molten. liquefy, ..."
2. Scientific Memoirs: Selected from the Transactions of Foreign Academies of by Arthur Henfrey, Thomas Henry Huxley (1853)
"... frequent transformation of stamens into labelloid bodies, indicates a kind of
transition from one to the other. Few flowers indeed have been the subject ..."
3. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"... with broad labelloid petals. Silver Banksian Medal. To Philip Crowley,
Esq., Waddon House, Croydon (gr. Mr. King), for a group of Orchids, ..."
4. An Elementary Course of Botany: Structural, Physiological, and Systematic by Arthur Henfrey, Maxwell Tylden Masters (1878)
"... of petaloid envelopes, G or 8 subulate processes, then a cup-like or labelloid
organ bearing 3 or 6 anthers on its inner surface, and a 3-celled ovary. ..."
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