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Definition of Synanthy
1. abnormal fusion of flowers [n SYNANTHIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Synanthy
Literary usage of Synanthy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vegetable Teratology: An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual by Maxwell Tylden Masters (1869)
"synanthy and other changes in a Foxglove. fication.) An instance of this nature
is figured in the ' Gardeners' Chronicle,' 1850, p. ..."
2. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"synanthy.—Lateral union of two or more flowers. This condition can arise in a
number of ways; ... This condition is the natural result of synanthy. ..."
3. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"Cypripedium, synanthy.—Sir Trevor Lawrence exhibited a plant having two flowers
welded into one ..."
4. The Cultivated Oranges and Lemons, Etc. of India and Ceylon: With Researches by Emanuel Bonavia (1888)
"... meant to denote impregnation many times over. Surkh, Hind. for red. Suture,
the line of contact or union of two carpels. synanthy, adhesion of flowers. ..."
5. The Cultivated Oranges and Lemons, Etc. of India and Ceylon: With Researches by Emanuel Bonavia (1888)
"(d.} p. 35. Adhesion of stamens to pistils in the orange. (e.) p. 44. synanthy,
or adhesion of flowers, was observed among others in the Citrus aurantium. ..."
6. Vegetable Teratology: An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual by Maxwell Tylden Masters (1869)
"synanthy and other changes in a Foxglove. fication.) An instance of this nature
is figured in the ' Gardeners' Chronicle,' 1850, p. ..."
7. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"synanthy.—Lateral union of two or more flowers. This condition can arise in a
number of ways; ... This condition is the natural result of synanthy. ..."
8. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"Cypripedium, synanthy.—Sir Trevor Lawrence exhibited a plant having two flowers
welded into one ..."
9. The Cultivated Oranges and Lemons, Etc. of India and Ceylon: With Researches by Emanuel Bonavia (1888)
"... meant to denote impregnation many times over. Surkh, Hind. for red. Suture,
the line of contact or union of two carpels. synanthy, adhesion of flowers. ..."
10. The Cultivated Oranges and Lemons, Etc. of India and Ceylon: With Researches by Emanuel Bonavia (1888)
"(d.} p. 35. Adhesion of stamens to pistils in the orange. (e.) p. 44. synanthy,
or adhesion of flowers, was observed among others in the Citrus aurantium. ..."
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