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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abnormity of form in a flower, in which the calyx-lobes have become petaloid, as in some varieties of primrose.
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This malformation is much less common than the converse one of calycanthemy.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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