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Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order (Orchidaceae) of endogenous plants of which the genus Orchis is the type. They are mostly perennial herbs having the stamens and pistils united in a single column, and normally three petals and three sepals, all adherent to the ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, often resembling insects, the odd or lower petal (called the lip) being unlike the others, and sometimes of a strange and unexpected appearance. About one hundred species occur in the United States, but several thousand in the tropics.
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The Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.
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Having few petals.
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Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
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Having long or large petals.
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Furnished with a claw, or a narrow stalklike base, as the petals of a carnation.
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Containing four distinct petals, or flower leaves; as, a tetrapetalous corolla.
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Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.
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Having the petals united; gamopetalous.
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Meeting at the edges without overlapping; -- said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in aestivation, and of leaves in vernation.
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Having three petals, or flower leaves; three-petaled.
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A peculiar New Zealand shrub (Coriaria ruscifolia), in which the petals ripen and afford an abundant purple juice from which a kind of wine is made. The plant also grows in Chili.
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Having six petals.
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A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Delphinium), having showy flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is D. Consolida. The flower of the bee larkspur (D. elatum) has two petals bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a bee.
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Having eight petals or flower leaves.
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Inserted below the pistil or pistils; -- said of sepals, petals, and stamens; having the sepals, petals, and stamens inserted below the pistil; -- said of a flower or a plant.
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Having twice as many stamens as petals, those of the outer set being opposite the petals; -- said of flowers.
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That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the base of the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium.
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Having the form or appearance of three petals; appearing as if furnished with three petals.
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Having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect; -- said of a flower.
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