Crossword-Solution: PETALODY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Petalody | n. | The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals. |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Sentences with PETALODY (5)
These cases are apparently due, not to the formation and adhesion of two leaves, but rather to the exuberant development of one leaf into two blades.[261] The bearings of these and other similar malformations on the morphology of the anther are alluded to under the head of petalody of the anther.
For the convenience of arrangement, metamorphosis of the parts of the flower may be divided into several subdivisions, according to the particular organ affected, and according to the special kind or degree of change manifested, the main subdivisions being here classed as Sepalody, Petalody, Staminody, and Pistillody.
Petalody of the stamens may occur either without material change in the flower or it may exist in combination or in conjunction with an increased development of parts (Multiplication), or with a similar change in the carpels, and it is either partial or complete.
This change results from an imperfect petalody of the anther; the two wings on each side of the central vascular cord represent the front and back walls of an anther lobe, or rather of that portion of the anther which, under ordinary circumstances, produces pollen.
Petalody of the stamens has been met with most frequently in the following genera: *Ranunculus! *Anemone! *Papaver! *Clematis! *Hepatica! *Ficaria! Thalictrum.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1987).