10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PETALOMANIA»
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The genus Oxalis in South Africa: a taxonomic revision
TERATOLOGY. Petalomania, or doubling of the flowers, has been observed by
me in the species 0. compressa, depressa, exserta, glabra, hirta and Form E. (
rubella), luteola, pes caprae, Pocockiae, obliquifolia and obtusa, and it is also
said to ...
Terencee Macleave Salter, 1944
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The Journal of South African Botany: Supplementary volume
Supplementary volume. IX. TERATOLOGY. Petalomania, or doubling of the
flowers, has been observed by me in the species 0. compressa, depressa,
exserta, glabra, hirta and Form E. (rubella), luteola, pes caprae, Pocockiae,
obliquifolia and ...
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The Treasury of Botany ...
PETALOMANIA. An unnatural multl- plication.repression, or alteration of petals.
Each flower has its proper number of petals, which can be increased only by
some I" cause, the consequences of which must be characterised as disease.
John Lindley, Thomas Moore, 1866
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The Treasury of Botany: a Popular Dictionary of Vegetable ...
PETALOMANIA. An unnatural multiplication,repression, or alteration of petals.
Each flower has its proper number of petals, which can be increased only by
some cause, the consequences of which must be characterised as disease. All
double ...
... and fine d1seases The same name has been given by Zolhnger to a
cucurbltaceous genus, near Telfatree [M J B] PESTILENCE-WEED. Tuesday'o
PetaSIMS ' PETALOMANIA An unnatural multiphcatlon,represslon, or alteration
of petals.
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Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
Exx: petaliferous, petalomania, platypetalous (fiat-petalled: cf platy-). petrl-, petro-
: the former from L petra, a rock; the latter from Gr petra, rock, or petros, stone. Exx
: petricolous, living (cf -colou.s') in a rock or among the rocks; petrogenesis, the ...
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An Excess of Phobias and Manias
people (old): gerascophobia, gerontophobia peristerophobia: A fear of pigeons
and their potential for contamination, especially because of their feces droppings.
peromania: A compulsion for mutilation or maiming. petalomania: In botany, ...
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A Portuguese-English Dictionary
... a pruning hook; spot in a horse's eye. petala (/.) petal. petalado -da (adj.)
petaled. petalhada (/.) a pack of lies. petaliforme (adj.) petaliform. petalino -na (
adj.) petaline. petalita (m., Min.) petalite. peta!6ide (adj.) petaloid. petalomania (/.,
Hot.) ...
James Lumpkin Taylor, Priscilla Clark Martin, 1970
petalody, petalomania: a condition frequent in flowers, in which other organs
assume the appearance of petals. petar (I) v. to fib, lie, prevaricate. petar (II) v. to
part into small bits. petardar, petardeor v. to blow up with a petard. petardeiro
s. m. ...
Henriette Michaelis, Fritz Pietzschke, 1970
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The Principles of Plant-teratology
Lily, proliferated flower, 16 ; poly- phylly, 60; petalomania, 77, 103; free styles,
117; bracteody of flower, 124 ; adnation of flower- stalk. 231 ; fusion of sepal to
petal, 234, 259; 5-merous flower, 241- 243 ; 4-merous perianth, 243 •„ fused
stamens ...
Wilson Crosfield Worsdell, 1916
