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Petaloid
Formed or coloured like a petal; (Of stamens) without filament/anther distinction, but like a petal with marginal microsporangia. When any other organ is petal-like.
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Petalody
A condition in which flower parts such as stamens assume the shape of petals.
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Petaline
Referring to the petals.
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Petaliferous
Bearing petals.
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Petal
A single, usually free, unit of a completely divided corolla or second floral whorl (keel petals in many papilionoid legumes are partially fused/united along their lower margins). A member of the inner set of floral leaves, usually colored or white and serving to attract pollinators. Free segment of the corolla. The leaflike parts of a…
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Perulate
(Of buds) covered in scales.
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Perula (plural perulae)
Scale on a leaf bud.
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Personate
With the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection from the lower lip. The throat of a bilabiate corolla when masked by some projection.
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Persistent
Remaining in place, not falling off. Opposites: caducous (falling early) and deciduous (falling seasonally). Remaining attached longer than might be expected. Remaining beyond the usual time. A structure that stays on the plant after it serves its purpose, instead of falling off. The sepals of the rose which stay on the ripening rose hip are…
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Perpendicular
At right angles to the axis of its attachment. At right angles to the plane of the ground.
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