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PETALOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does petalous mean?
• PETALOUS (adjective)
The adjective PETALOUS has 1 sense:
1. (of flowers) having petals
Familiarity information: PETALOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of flowers) having petals
Synonyms:
Similar:
four-petaled; four-petalled ((of flowers) having four petals)
five-petaled; five-petalled ((of flowers) having five petals)
gamopetalous; sympetalous (having a corolla composed of partially or wholly fused petals forming a corolla shaped like a tube or funnel)
polypetalous (having a corolla composed of many separated or distinct petals)
salverform (of or concerning a gamopetalous that has a slender tube and an abruptly expanded tip)
three-petaled; three-petalled ((of flowers) having three petals)
Antonym:
apetalous ((of flowers) having no petals)
Derivation:
petal (part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored)
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