Citations:achilary

English citations of achilary

1. 1903, Benjamin Eli Smith, William Dwight Whitney (editors), The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, page 16:

   achilary: Without a lip, specifically in bot., noticing the absence of the labellum or lip in monstrous flowers of the order Orchidacea.

2. 1992, Christopher G. Morris, Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology, page 21:

   achilary Botany, having no lip or labellum, or having one that is undeveloped, as certain orchid flowers.

3. 2010, Armand Maggenti, Maggenti Mary Ann, Gardner Scott, Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology, page 4:

   achilary a. [Gr. a, without; cheilois, lip] Lacking a lip.