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pelory

pelory is the alternative form of peloria.

Meaning of peloria

Noun

peloria (uncountable)

  1. A variety of toadflax having five spurs instead of one.
  2. abnormal regularity; the state of certain flowers, which, being naturally irregular, have become regular through a symmetrical repetition of the special irregularity

Forms of pelory

pluralpelories

Questions about pelory

What is pelory the alternative form of?
Pelory is the alternative form of peloria.

Words near pelory in the dictionary

  1. pelorized
  2. pelorus
  3. peloruses
  4. peloruside
  5. pelorusides
  6. pelory
  7. Pelosi
  8. Pelosian
  9. Pelosis
  10. pelosity
  11. Peloso

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