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Polygonaceous :: Polygonaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of apetalous plants (Polygonaceae), of which the knotweeds (species of Polygonum) are the type, and which includes also the docks (Rumex), the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape (Coccoloba), and several other genera..

Unguis :: Unguis (n.) The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; called also ungula.

Pin-eyed :: Pin-eyed (a.) Having the stigma visible at the throad of a gamopetalous corolla, while the stamens are concealed in the tube; -- said of dimorphous flowers. The opposite of thrum-eyed..

Incised :: Incised (a.) Having deep and sharp notches, as a leaf or a petal..

Macropetalous :: Macropetalous (a.) Having long or large petals.

Convolvulus :: Convolvulus (n.) A large genus of plants having monopetalous flowers, including the common bindweed (C. arwensis), and formerly the morning-glory, but this is now transferred to the genus Ipomaea..

Petala :: Petala (pl. ) of Petalu.

Unguiculated :: Unguiculated (n.) Furnished with a claw, or a narrow stalklike base, as the petals of a carnation..

Multiplication :: Multiplication (n.) An increase above the normal number of parts, especially of petals; augmentation..

Centripetal :: Centripetal (a.) Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos..

Interpetalary :: Interpetalary (a.) Between the petals of a flower.

Cassideous :: Cassideous (a.) Helmet-shaped; -- applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite..

Calcar :: Calcar (n.) A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.

Helmet :: Helmet (n.) The hood-formed upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon..

Stere :: Sterculiaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sterculiaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical. The cacao (Theobroma Cacao) is the most useful plant of the order..

Antipetalous :: Antipetalous (a.) Standing before a petal, as a stamen..

Lamina :: Lamina (n.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower..

Tube :: Tube (n.) The narrow, hollow part of a gamopetalous corolla..

Claw :: Claw (n.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink..

Lacinia :: Lacinia (n.) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers..

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