chloranthousadj.
/klɒˈranθəs/ Botany.
Having green flowers.
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1871 W. T. Dyer in Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 9 19 A kind of corymb of chloranthous flowers.
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chloˈranthy n. a condition of regressive metamorphosis of a plant in which the coloured floral organs return to the colour and condition of leaves, as in the green rose, green flowers of Pyrethrum, etc.
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adj.1871