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Webster 1913 Edition


Catapetalous

Catˊa-pet′al-ous

,
Adj.
[Pref.
cata
+
petalous
.]
(Bot.)
Having the petals held together by stamens, which grow to their bases, as in the mallow.

Definition 2024


catapetalous

catapetalous

English

Adjective

catapetalous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Having the petals held together by stamens, which grow to their bases, as in the mallow.
    • Mark Twain
      [] ever and anon the enchanted eye wandered from congeries of lordly cat-tails and kindred catapetalous blooms too deep for utterance []