Definitions for petaloid

petaloid pet·al·oid

Spelling: [pet-l-oid]
IPA: /ˈpɛt lˌɔɪd/

Petaloid is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 413 anagrams from letters in petaloid (adeilopt).

Definitions for petaloid

adjective

  1. having the form or appearance of a petal.

Origin of petaloid

First recorded in 1720-30; petal + -oid

Examples for petaloid

Within this petaloid perianth is a membranous one, together with a boat-shaped bracteolate body, entire.

petaloid, Petaline, petal-like; resembling or colored like petals.

Stigma two-lipped, with the lips commonly dilated and petaloid.

Sometimes, as in Canna, one of the anther-lobes becomes abortive, and a petaloid appendage is produced.

petaloid coloration of the ordinary leaves, or of the bracts, is mentioned under the chapter relating to colour.

A partial inflorescence, cyathium, bearing the petaloid glands.

In Iris it is situated on a cleft on the back of the petaloid divisions of the style (fig. 103).

Lip free, deeply concave at base, narrowly constricted and somewhat jointed in the middle, the upper portion dilated and petaloid.

To cut the knot, and please all parties, our beautiful floral envelope has been denominated a petaloid perianth.

The specimens collected were sessile and the pileus lateral, somewhat broadened at the free end, or petaloid.

Word Value for petaloid
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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