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petalloid

petalloid is the alternative form of petaloid.

Meaning of petaloid

Adjective

petaloid (comparative more petaloid, superlative most petaloid)

  1. Resembling the petal of a flower.
    • From whence he concludes, that no apetalous can be a perfect Flower, since the only Fence of a Flower consists in its being petaloid.1720, Patrick Blair, Botanick essays, London

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Forms of petalloid

Adjective
comparativemore petalloid
superlativemost petalloid
Noun
pluralpetalloids

Questions about petalloid

What is petalloid the alternative form of?
Petalloid is the alternative form of petaloid.

Words near petalloid in the dictionary

  1. petalitres
  2. petalled
  3. petalless
  4. petallike
  5. petalline
  6. petalloid
  7. petalloids
  8. petally
  9. petalode
  10. petalodes
  11. petalodont

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