Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In bot., having flowers in which the receptacle is expanded into a conspicuous disk surrounding the ovary, and usually distinct from the calyx: applied to a large series of polypetalous orders, including the Rutaceæ, Rhamnaceæ, Sapindaceœ, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of plants. Cf.
calycifloral .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Bearing the
stamens on adiscoid outgrowth of thereceptacle .
Etymologies
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See disk and floral.
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