单词 | apetalous |
释义 | apetalousadj. Botany. Without petals. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having petals > not having petals apetalous1706 herbaceous1785 oleraceous1785 petalless?1803 apetaloid1861 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Apetalous flowers or plants are such as want the fine colour'd Leaves of Flowers, which they call Petals. 1752 L. Garcin in Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 53 Trees and Shrubs having apetalous Flowers. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 44 [Sweet Violet has] apetalous autumnal flowers, chiefly fertile. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1706 |
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