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Definition of Petalled
1. Adjective. (of flowers) having petals.
Similar to: Four-petaled, Four-petalled, Five-petaled, Five-petalled, Gamopetalous, Sympetalous, Polypetalous, Salverform, Three-petaled, Three-petalled
Antonyms: Apetalous
Derivative terms: Petal
Definition of Petalled
1. Adjective. (botany) Having or with petals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Petalled
1. petal [adj] - See also: petal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Petalled
Literary usage of Petalled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Familiar Lectures on Botany: Explaining the Structure, Classification, and by Lincoln Phelps (1854)
"Petals 4 ; stigma 4 to 6- nnte divisions "smaller; corolla 5-petalled; seeds with
a bent awn; receptacle columnar, villous. ..."
2. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"... where fragrant buds Of softly-petalled marjoram embower In pleasurable shade.
Cupid straightway Obeyed his mother's word and bore the gifts, ..."
3. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and by William Nicholson (1821)
"Essential character : calyx imbricate ; corolla one-petalled, regular: seed one,
oblong, below the corolla. There are four species, all natives of the Cape ..."
4. Manual of Botany for North America: Containing Generic and Specific by Amos Eaton (1836)
"Calyx inferior, ID-cleft, 5 alternate dirigions lanceolate, having at the base
of the germ against them 5 nectariferous pits: corol 5- petalled: seeds ..."
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