choripetalous

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choripetalous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Having separate, unconnected petals; polypetalous.
    • 1986, Ernst Michael Kranich, Planetary Influences Upon Plants:
      In dicotyledons that do not form a calyx, like the buttercups, the corollas are always choripetalous.

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