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PRONUNCIATION OF PETALIFEROUS

petaliferous  [ˌpɛtəˈlɪfərəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PETALIFEROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Petaliferous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PETALIFEROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

petaliferous

Petal

Petals are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often brightly colored or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. Together, all of the petals of a flower are called a corolla. Petals are usually accompanied by another set of special leaves called sepals, that collectively form the calyx and lie just beneath the corolla. The calyx and the corolla together make up the perianth. When the petals and sepals of a flower are difficult to distinguish, they are collectively called tepals. Examples of plants in which the term tepal is appropriate include genera such as Aloe and Tulipa. Conversely, genera such as Rosa and Phaseolus have well-distinguished sepals and petals.

Definition of petaliferous in the English dictionary

The definition of petaliferous in the dictionary is bearing or having petals.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PETALIFEROUS


argilliferous
ˌɑːdʒɪˈlɪfərəs
celliferous
seˈlɪfərəs
celluliferous
ˌsɛljʊˈlɪfərəs
cheliferous
kɪˈlɪfərəs
chyliferous
kaɪˈlɪfərəs
coralliferous
ˌkɒrəˈlɪfərəs
cupuliferous
ˌkjuːpjʊˈlɪfərəs
flagelliferous
ˌflædʒəˈlɪfərəs
fossiliferous
ˌfɒsɪˈlɪfərəs
glanduliferous
ˌɡlændjʊˈlɪfərəs
globuliferous
ˌɡlɒbjʊˈlɪfərəs
granuliferous
ˌɡrænjʊˈlɪfərəs
mammaliferous
ˌmæməˈlɪfərəs
melliferous
mɪˈlɪfərəs
metalliferous
ˌmɛtəˈlɪfərəs
papuliferous
ˌpæpjʊˈlɪfərəs
petroliferous
ˌpetrəˈlɪfərəs
proliferous
prəˈlɪfərəs
tentaculiferous
tenˌtækjʊˈlɪfərəs
umbelliferous
ˌʌmbɪˈlɪfərəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PETALIFEROUS

petabyte
petahertz
petal
petal-like
petaline
petalism
petalled
petalodic
petalody
petaloid
petalomania
petalous
petard
petary
petasos
petasus
petaurine
petaurist

WORDS THAT END LIKE PETALIFEROUS

boisterous
cadaverous
cancerous
coniferous
cruciferous
dangerous
generous
humorous
murderous
noncancerous
numerous
odoriferous
onerous
preposterous
prosperous
seminiferous
serous
slanderous
splendiferous
thunderous
treacherous

Synonyms and antonyms of petaliferous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «petaliferous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PETALIFEROUS

Find out the translation of petaliferous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of petaliferous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «petaliferous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

petaliferous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

petaliferous
570 millions of speakers

English

petaliferous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

petaliferous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

petaliferous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

petaliferous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

petaliferous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

petaliferous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

petaliferous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Petaliferous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

petaliferous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

petaliferous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

petaliferous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Petaliferous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

petaliferous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மலர் இதழ்கள் கொண்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाकळी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

petaliferous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

petaliferous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

petaliferous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

petaliferous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

petaliferous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

petaliferous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

petaliferous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

petaliferous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

petaliferous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of petaliferous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PETALIFEROUS»

The term «petaliferous» is normally little used and occupies the 131.578 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PETALIFEROUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about petaliferous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PETALIFEROUS»

Discover the use of petaliferous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to petaliferous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Flora of the Northeast: A Manual of the Vascular Flora of ...
Petaliferous flowers in corymbs of 2-several; cleistogamous flowers numerous, crowded, their mature capsules uniform in size, less than 3 mm wide. Stems clustered; petaliferous flowers rarely surpassed by the branches, their outer sepals ...
Dennis W. Magee, Harry E. Ahles, 2007
2
Companion to the Botanical Magazine: Being a Journal, ...
Stamens inserted on the receptacle, deciduous ; three, or very rarely four in the apetalous flowers, about twenty in the petaliferous ones ; filaments capillary, unconnected, shorter than the interior sepals ; anthers basifixed, adnate, those of the ...
Sir William Jackson Hooker, 1836
3
Taxonomy of Angiosperms
As petaliferous flowers are documented from as early as Cenomanian (100 million years), only slightly later than the time when the first tricolpate pollen types appeared, it has been considered that all or nearly all simple, apetalous flowers as ...
V. Singh, Dr. V. Singh & Dr. D.K. Jain, 1981
4
A Flora of North America: Containing Abridged Descriptions ...
Flowers of two kinds; those of the upper many-flowered racemes perfect and petaliferous, but seldom maturing fruit; those near the base of the stem or on prostrate branches imperfect, but usually fertile. Pnnrnc'r FL. Calyx tubular- campanulate ...
John Torrey, Asa Gray, 1840
5
Handbook of Nuts: Herbal Reference Library
Axillary racemes of 1 to 17 petaliferous flowers, on peduncles 1 to 6 cm long, the ovate bracts 2 to 5 mm long; pedicels 1 .5 to 5 mm long; racemes from lower axils slender, elongate, with cleistogamous, apetalous, inconspicuous flowers.
James A. Duke, 2000
6
Natural history of n
Flowers of two kinds; those of the upper many-flowered racemes perfect and petaliferous, but often sterile; those at the base of the stem or underground mostly on one- or fewflowered peduncles, imperfect and deformed, but usually fertile.
‎1843
7
A Flora Of The State Of New-York, Comprising Full ...
372; Tm. 15- Gr. N. Am. 1. p. 292; Endl. gen. 3660. 1706.va [Greek, amphi, on both sides, and carpos, fruit; producing fruit both above and under ground.] Flowers of two kinds; those of the upper many-flowered racemes perfect and petaliferous ...
John Torrey, 1843
8
Plants of the Texas Coastal Bend
Petaliferous flowers. March-May. T. perfoliata (Linnaeus) Nieuwland. Annual to 50 cm high with mostly ovate leaves 1-3 cm long. Flowers axillary, those of the lower axils all cleistogamous, of the upper axils with well-developed purple-violet  ...
Roy L. Lehman, Ruth O'Brien, Tammy White, 2009
9
The Plants of Pennsylvania: An Illustrated Manual
... and petioles with dense spreading hairs L. procumbens D. plants erect or ascending F. peduncles of the petaliferous flowers longer than their subtending leaves; keel 1-2 mm longer than the wings L. uiolacea F. peduncles of the petaliferous ...
Ann Fowler Rhoads, Timothy A. Block, 2007
10
Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert
Seeds carunculate or ecarunculate, endosperm fleshy or oily. Embryo straight or curved. Ovules 2 in each cell; stamens (or at least those of outer whorl) opposite sepals: Leaves alternate; seeds estrophiolate: Flowers petaliferous; plants (in ...
Forrest Shreve, Ira Loren Wiggins, 1964

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