petaliferousadj.
/ˌpɛtəˈlɪf(ə)rəs/, /ˌpɛtlˈɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˌpɛdlˈɪf(ə)rəs/ Botany.
Having petals.
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foliaceous1658
monopetalous1687
pentapetalous1687
polypetalous1687
hose-in-hose1688
monopetalose1693
pentapetalose1693
tetrapetalose1694
tetrapetalous1697
tripetalose1698
tripetalous1704
hexapetalous1707
petalous1719
petaloid1720
planipetalous1730
petaline1783
petaliform1788
petalled1793
polypetal1803
hexapetaloid1813
hexapetaloideous1830
tripetaloid1830
tripetaloideous1830
unipetalous1831
petaliferous1847
macropetalous1857
sympetalous1870
apopetalous1875
anisopetalous1880
petally1888
thread-petalled1899
thousand-petalled1951
decapetalous-
synpetalous-
1847 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) i. 224 Pendulous, petaliferous, barren flowers.
1882 Nature 17 Aug. 374/1 Scleranthus or Mercurialis, known descendants of petaliferous forms.
1908 N. L. Britton & J. A. Shafer N. Amer. Trees 679 Rhamnus cathartica..has thorny branches, petaliferous flowers, and black fruit containing 3 or 4 nutlets.
1989 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 76 (Suppl.) 71 Two floral forms occur, apetalous and petalliferous.
1994 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 81 10/2 Petaliferous staminate flowers and apetalous pistillate flowers occur in most species of Croton and in other Crotonoideae.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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