Catapetalous
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having the petals held together by stamens, which grow to their bases, as in the mallow. not-comparable
"1962 (posthumously published) Mark Twain, A Cat Tale in Letters from the Earth […] ever and anon the enchanted eye wandered from congeries of lordly cat-tails and kindred catapetalous blooms too deep for utterance […]"
Example
More examples"1962 (posthumously published) Mark Twain, A Cat Tale in Letters from the Earth […] ever and anon the enchanted eye wandered from congeries of lordly cat-tails and kindred catapetalous blooms too deep for utterance […]"
Etymology
From cata- + petalous.
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