apopetalousadj.
/apəʊˈpɛtələs/ Botany.
Having distinctly separate or free petals.
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foliaceous1658
monopetalous1687
pentapetalous1687
polypetalous1687
hose-in-hose1688
monopetalose1693
pentapetalose1693
tetrapetalose1694
tetrapetalous1697
tripetalose1698
tripetalous1704
hexapetalous1707
petalous1719
petaloid1720
planipetalous1730
petaline1783
petaliform1788
petalled1793
polypetal1803
hexapetaloid1813
hexapetaloideous1830
tripetaloid1830
tripetaloideous1830
unipetalous1831
petaliferous1847
macropetalous1857
sympetalous1870
apopetalous1875
anisopetalous1880
petally1888
thread-petalled1899
thousand-petalled1951
decapetalous-
synpetalous-
1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 471 If the leaves of the perianth-whorl are not coherent, but free, this is expressed by the terms..eleutherosepalous or aposepalous, and eleutheropetalous or apopetalous.
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adj.1875