Word Meanings - PETALINE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Pertaining to a petal; attached to, or resembling, a petal.
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- PETALOSTICHA
An order of Echini, including the irregular sea urchins, as the spatangoids. See Spatangoid. - PETALITE
A rare mineral, occurring crystallized and in cleavable masses, usually white, or nearly so, in color. It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia. - PETALIFEROUS
Bearing petals. - PETALOUS
Having petals; petaled; -- opposed to Ant: apetalous. - PETALIFORM
Having the form of a petal; petaloid; petal-shaped. - PETALISM
A form of sentence among the ancient Syracusans by which they banished for five years a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition. It was similar to the ostracism in Athens; but olive leaves were used instead of shells for ballots. - RESEMBLINGLY
So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness. - PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant - ATTACH
tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack to fasten. Cf. Attack, and see 1. To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like. The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to - PETALOIDEOUS
Having the whole or part of the perianth petaline. Petaloideous division, that division of endogenous plants in which the perianth is wholly or partly petaline, embracing the Liliaceæ, Orchidaceæ, Amaryllideæ, etc. - RESEMBLANT
Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower. - PETALOID
Petaline. - PETALUM
A petal. - PETALINE
Pertaining to a petal; attached to, or resembling, a petal. - ATTACHABLE
Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept. - ATTACHE
One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy. - RESEMBLE
sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak. - RESEMBLABLE
Admitting of being compared; like. Gower. - PETALODY
The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals. - PETALED
Having petals; as, a petaled flower; -- opposed to Ant: apetalous, and much used in compounds; as, one-petaled, three- petaled, etc. - MACROPETALOUS
Having long or large petals. - BIPETALOUS
Having two petals. - CATAPETALOUS
Having the petals held together by stamens, which grow to their bases, as in the mallow. - REATTACHMENT
The act of reattaching; a second attachment. - EPIPETALOUS
Borne on the petals or corolla. - ANTIPETALOUS
Standing before a petal, as a stamen. - OLIGOPETALOUS
Having few petals. - TRIPETALOID
Having the form or appearance of three petals; appearing as if furnished with three petals. - APETALOUS
Having no petals, or flower leaves. . - OCTOPETALOUS
Having eight petals or flower leaves. - PENTAPETALOUS
Having five petals, or flower leaves. - HEXAPETALOUS
Having six petals.