PELORIC

Etymology

Adjective

peloric (not comparable)

(botany, of a flower) Having a mutation such that a normally asymmetric flower becomes radially symmetric

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Source: Wiktionary


Pe*lo"ric, a. (Bot.)

Definition: Abnormally regular or symmetrical. Darwin.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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FISSILE

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