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Of or pertaining to the lores.

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

Chloral hydrate. Chloral hydrate, a white crystalline substance, obtained by treating chloral with water. It produces sleep when taken internally or hypodermically; -- called also chloral.

A compound of chloral and formic amide used to produce sleep.

A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral.

An impure aqueous solution of chloride of aluminium, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.

aving the stamens borne on the petals, and the latter free from the calyx. Compare Calycifloral and Thalamifloral.

ns on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; - - said of a subclass of plants. Cf. Calycifloral.

Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; as, floral games, wreaths.

In a floral manner.

Having labiate flowers, as the snapdragon.

Of or pertaining to the lore; -- said of certain feathers of birds, scales of reptiles, etc.

A white, amorphous, insoluble substance regarded as a polymeric variety of chloral.

Situated above the lores; as, the supraloral feathers of a bird. -- n.

Bearing the stamens directly on the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of polypetalous dicotyledonous plants in the system of De Candolle.

Three-flowered; having or bearing three flowers; as, a triflorous peduncle.

Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope.

Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla.

The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or sets of organs.

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