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Plumbagineous :: Plumbagineous (a.) Pertaining to natural order (Plumbagineae) of gamopetalous herbs, of which Plumbago is the type. The order includes also the marsh rosemary, the thrift, and a few other genera..

Apetalous :: Apetalous (a.) Having no petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under Anther]..

Hypogynous :: Hypogynous (a.) Inserted below the pistil or pistils; -- said of sepals, petals, and stamens; having the sepals, petals, and stamens inserted below the pistil; -- said of a flower or a plant..

Tetra- :: Tetra- () A combining form or prefix signifying four, as in tetrabasic, tetrapetalous..

Hexapetalous :: Hexapetalous (a.) Having six petals.

Flosculous :: Flosculous (a.) Consisting of many gamopetalous florets.

Conduplicate :: Conduplicate (a.) Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face being within; -- said of leaves or petals in vernation or aestivation..

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..

Flake :: Flake (n.) A sort of carnation with only two colors in the flower, the petals having large stripes..

Incurved :: Incurved (a.) Bending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or petals..

Tripetalous :: Tripetalous (a.) Having three petals, or flower leaves; three-petaled..

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

Enation :: Enation (n.) Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth..

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..

Phyllous :: Phyllous (a.) Homologous with a leaf; as, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils are phyllous organs..

Caryophyllaceous :: Caryophyllaceous (a.) Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink.

Planipetalous :: Planipetalous (a.) Having flat petals.

Parapetalous :: Parapetalous (a.) Growing by the side of a petal, as a stamen..

Bipetalous :: Bipetalous (a.) Having two petals.

Ball-flower :: Ball-flower (n.) An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding..

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