Definition of Apetalous. Meaning of Apetalous. Synonyms of Apetalous

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Definition of Apetalous

Apetalous
Apetalous A*pet"al*ous ([.a]*p[e^]t"al*[u^]s), a. [Pref. a- not + petal.] (Bot.) Having no petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under Anther].

Meaning of Apetalous from wikipedia

- as the gr****es, either have very small petals or lack them entirely (apetalous). The collection of all petals in a flower is referred to as the corolla...
- Magnoliids c. 10,000 spp. 3-part flowers, 1-pore pollen, usu. branch-veined leaves Chloranthales 77 spp. Woody, apetalous...
- Silene uralensis, known by the common name apetelous catchfly or nodding campion, is a perennial plant found in Greenland, northern Canada, Alaska, East...
- related to Moehringia trinervia. Moehringia trinervia, commonly known as apetalous sandwort or three-nerved sandwort, is a herbaceous flowering plant in...
- plants are dioecious, with separate male and female trees. The flowers are apetalous and uni****ual and borne in panicles. The fruit is a drupe, containing...
- Australia, and Africa (including Madagascar). Omphalea has monoecious, apetalous flowers and fleshy fruits with hard centers. The plants are toxic and...
- throughout the year, fading to a pale yellow before falling in autumn. The apetalous wind-pollinated flowers are perfect (hermaphrodite, having both male and...
- northernmost South America. Su****ction Cicea includes nineteen species, with apetalous flowers. Su****ction Bryonioides includes twenty-one species, with a...
- teeth throughout South Island in lower montane forest and scrubland. The apetalous male flowers occur in axillary clusters of one to two on very short branches...
- Directed forward or upward, e.g. of hairs on a stem. Contrast retrorse. apetalous Lacking petals. apex The tip; the point furthest from the point of attachment...