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ˈpolypetal, a. and n. Bot. rare.
[ad. F. polypétale (1732), or ad. mod.L. polypetal-us (fem. pl. -petalæ, Tournefort 1694), f. Gr. πολυ-, poly- + πέταλ-ον leaf, petaln..]
a. adj. = polypetalous.
b. n. A polypetalous plant.
[1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. iii. (1765) 79 Polypetala is expressive of such Plants as have many Petals.] 1802Ann. Reg. 761/2 It is of the genus of the polypetal plants. 1882G. Allen Colours Flowers iii. 63 They [Geraniaceæ] are on the whole a comparatively high family of polypetals. |