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Consisting of, or having, several or many separate petals; as, a polypetalous corolla, flower, or plant. Martyn.

Having the petals united; gamopetalous.

Containing four distinct petals, or flower leaves; as, a tetrapetalous corolla.

Having the form or appearance of three petals; appearing as if furnished with three petals.

Having three petals, or flower leaves; three-petaled.

Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals.

The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration. Gray. [Spelt also estivation.]

he perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid.

Having the number of floral organs unequal, as four petals and six stamens.

Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals.

Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower.

grant essential oil; esp., a volatile and highly fragrant essential oil obtained from the petals of roses. [Also written otto and ottar.]

An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding.

A very fragrant tea rose with petals of various shades of pink.

Of the racemose or acropetal type of inflorescence. Gray.

A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.

Shaped like a plipper, as one petal of the lady's-slipper; calceolate.

Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.

That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification.

Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink.