Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, having a double perianth, consisting of both calyx and corolla.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Having two coverings, a calyx and a corolla.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Having two
coverings , acalyx and acorolla .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Complete deficiency of the calyx in a dichlamydeous flower seems seldom or ever to occur; the nearest approach to it would be in those cases where the calyx is, as it is termed, "obsolete," but here it is chiefly the limb of the calyx which is atrophied, the lower portion being more or less adherent to the ovary.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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The dichlamydeous group is subdivided into three, Thalamiflorae,
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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These form the perianth and are in one series, when the flower is termed monochlamydeous, or in two series (dichlamydeous).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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