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catapetalous

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Having the petals held together by stamens, which grow to their bases, as in the mallow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Examples

  • 1962 (posthumously published) Mark Twain, A Cat Tale in Letters from the Earth [...] ever and anon the enchanted eye wandered from congeries of lordly cat-tails and kindred catapetalous blooms too deep for utterance [...]

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History

Etymology

From cata- + petalous.