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Peloria


Pe-lo′ri-a

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Noun.
[NL., from Gr. [GREEK] monstrous.]
(Bot.)
Abnormal regularity; the state of certain flowers, which, being naturally irregular, have become regular through a symmetrical repetition of the special irregularity.

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peloria

peloria

English

Noun

peloria

  1. (botany) abnormal regularity; the state of certain flowers, which, being naturally irregular, have become regular through a symmetrical repetition of the special irregularity

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