choripetalous

English

Etymology

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Adjective

choripetalous (not comparable)

1. (botany) Having separate, unconnected petals; polypetalous.
   • 1986, Ernst Michael Kranich, Planetary Influences Upon Plants:

     In dicotyledons that do not form a calyx, like the buttercups, the corollas are always choripetalous.

Anagrams

• tropical house