Acropetal :: Acropetal (a.) Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence..
Andropetalous :: Andropetalous (a.) Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus..
Anisopetalous :: Anisopetalous (a.) Having unequal petals.
Antipetalous :: Antipetalous (a.) Standing before a petal, as a stamen..
Apetalous :: Apetalous (a.) Having no petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under Anther]..
Apetalousness :: Apetalousness (n.) The state of being apetalous.
Bipetalous :: Bipetalous (a.) Having two petals.
Catapetalous :: Catapetalous (a.) Having the petals held together by stamens, which grow to their bases, as in the mallow..
Centripetal :: Centripetal (a.) Tending, or causing, to approach the center..
Centripetal :: Centripetal (a.) Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit..
Centripetal :: Centripetal (a.) Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos..
Centripetal :: Centripetal (a.) Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone..
Cerebripetal :: Cerebripetal (a.) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the spinal cord to the brain and so transfer sensations (centripetal impressions) from the exterior inwards.
Dialypetalous :: Dialypetalous (a.) Having separate petals; polypetalous.
Dipetalous :: Dipetalous (a.) Having two petals; two-petaled.
Eleuthero-petalous :: Eleuthero-petalous (a.) Having the petals free, that is, entirely separate from each other; -- said of both plant and flower..
Enneapetalous :: Enneapetalous (a.) Having nine petals, or flower leaves..
Epipetalous :: Epipetalous (a.) Borne on the petals or corolla.
Gamopetalous :: Gamopetalous (a.) Having the petals united or joined so as to form a tube or cup; monopetalous.
Hexapetalous :: Hexapetalous (a.) Having six petals.
Interpetalary :: Interpetalary (a.) Between the petals of a flower.
Macropetalous :: Macropetalous (a.) Having long or large petals.
Monopetalous :: Monopetalous (a.) Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous..
Octopetalous :: Octopetalous (a.) Having eight petals or flower leaves.
Oligopetalous :: Oligopetalous (a.) Having few petals.
Oppositipetalous :: Oppositipetalous (a.) Placed in front of a petal.
Parapetalous :: Parapetalous (a.) Growing by the side of a petal, as a stamen..
Pentapetalous :: Pentapetalous (a.) Having five petals, or flower leaves..
Peripetalous :: Peripetalous (a.) Surrounding, or situated about, the petals..
Petal :: Petal (n.) One of the leaves of the corolla, or the colored leaves of a flower. See Corolla, and Illust. of Flower..
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