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Webster 1913 Edition


Petaloideous

Petˊal-oid′e-ous

,
Adj.
(Bot.)
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.