apetalousadj.
/əˈpɛtələs/ Botany.
Without petals.
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apetalous1706
herbaceous1785
oleraceous1785
petalless?1803
apetaloid1861
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Apetalous flowers or plants are such as want the fine colour'd Leaves of Flowers, which they call Petals.
1752 L. Garcin in Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 53 Trees and Shrubs having apetalous Flowers.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 44 [Sweet Violet has] apetalous autumnal flowers, chiefly fertile.
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