Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Having the stamens borne on the petals, and the latter free from the calyx. Compare
calycifloral andthalamifloral .
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- adjective botany Having the
stamens borne on thepetals , and the latter free from thecalyx .
Etymologies
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See corolla and floral.
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Examples
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They both start from a thalamifloral condition, then become corollifloral, G. purpurea at first resembling G. lutea and G. campestris, an Ophelia, and then specialise to the Ptychantha and Stephanantha forms respectively.
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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They both start from a thalamifloral condition, then become corollifloral, G. purpurea at first resembling G. lutea and G. campestris, an Ophelia, and then specialise to the Ptychantha and
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Leonard Huxley 1896
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