Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
peloria .
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- noun An
abnormality inplants where theflower appears to revert to an earlier form.
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Examples
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Before leaving the labiates, we may cite a curious instance of pelorism in the toad-flax, which is quite different from the ordinary peloric variety.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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Some families are more liable to pelorism than others.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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Many cases of pelorism afford promising material for further studies of experimental mutations.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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As pelorism is strongly inherited (and [I] have just got a curious case of this in a leguminous plant from India), would it not be worth while to fertilise some of your early flowers having additional organs with pollen from a similar flower, and see whether you could not make a race thus characterised?
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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