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单词 petalody
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petalodyn.

Brit. /ˈpɛtələʊdi/, /ˈpɛtl̩əʊdi/, U.S. /ˈpɛdəˌloʊdi/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πεταλώδης , -y suffix3.
Etymology: < ancient Greek πεταλώδης leaf-like (see petalodic adj.) + -y suffix3, apparently after petalodic adj.De Candolle (see quot. 1916) uses French pétalodé , adjective (see petalodic adj.), but no corresponding noun. Masters also uses a noun petalode to denote the resulting structures:1869 M. T. Masters Veg. Teratol. iv. i. iii. 449 In a garden azalea there was intermediate between the calyx and the corolla, both of which were normal, a series of five petalodes, alternating with the sepals.
Botany.
Transformation of parts of a flower, usually stamens or sepals, into petals or petal-like structures (as a teratological or evolutionary phenomenon).
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1869 M. T. Masters Veg. Teratol. ii. iii. ii. 285 Petalody of the stamens.—A petaloid condition of the stamens is one of the commonest of all malformations.
1888 G. Henslow Origin Floral Structures iii. 26 Amongst Monocotyledons, Canna is clearly monandrous by petalody of the other stamens.
1916 W. C. Worsdell Princ. Plant Teratol. II. 172 De Candolle points out that in Clematis, doubling, or petalody, is due to expansion of the filament.
1956 R. C. McLean & W. R. Ivimey-Cook Textbk. Theoret. Bot. II. xxiii. 1111 The most completely double flowers show complete petalody of all the sporogenous members.
1990 Science (Nexis) 16 Nov. 931 In fact, staminal carpelody or petalody..is frequently observed in nature.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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