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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In botany, a condition frequent in flowers, in which other organs assume the appearance of petals.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun botany The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals.

Etymologies

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petal + Ancient Greek form.

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