Having the appearance or nature of a leaf; leaf-like. Of certain cryptogamous plants: Having organs resembling leaves. †Of a flower: Having petals.

Of a flower: having united petals; = gamopetalous adj. at gamo-, comb._form affix 1. Of a plant: having such flowers.

having five petals.

Botany. Originally: †having many petals (obsolete). Later: having petals that are separate, not united (opposed to gamopetalous, monopetalous, and s…

Said of flowers which appear to have one corolla within another, esp. a well-known variety of Primula or Polyanthus.

Monopetalous.

= pentapetalous adj.

= tetrapetalous, adj.

Having four petals.

Having, or consisting of, three petals.

having six petals.

Having petals. Cf. apetalous, adj., monopetalous, adj., etc.

Botany. Of the nature of or resembling a petal; spec. designating parts of a flower, esp. stamens, sepals, or tepals, when they are brightly…

having flat petals; spec. designating flowers of the family Asteraceae (Compositae) having ligulate florets.

Resembling a petal, petaloid; of or relating to a petal or petals.

Having the form of or resembling a petal; petaloid.

Having petals or something resembling petals; provided or adorned with petals. Also: formed like or resembling a petal or petals.

= polypetalous, adj. 1.

having six divisions which have the appearance of petals.

(see quot. 1830).

(of a six-parted perianth) having three of the segments petaloid.

= tripetaloid adj.

Of a flower or corolla: consisting of a single petal. Cf. monopetalous, adj.

Having petals.

having long or large petals.

having the petals united; gamopetalous.

Having distinctly separate or free petals.

with unequal petals.

Having, resembling, or suggestive of petals.

having filiform petals.

having ten petals (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).

bad form of sympetalous (see sym-, prefix).