tetrapetalousadj.
/tɛtrəˈpɛtələs/ Botany.
Having four 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-
1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 435 A wonderful strange Heath~leaf'd Tetrapetalous..Plant.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Tetrapetalous Flower..is that which consists of but four single coloured Leaves (which the Botanists call Petala).
1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon 80 If the petals of a tetrapetalous corolla are so disposed on their receptacle as to spread out in the form of a cross, they are said to be cruciform.
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