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CIDE DICTIONARY

petaloideous, a.

Having the whole or part of the perianth petaline. [1913 Webster]

Petaloideous division, that division of endogenous plants in which the perianth is wholly or partly petaline, embracing the Liliaceæ, Orchidaceæ, Amaryllideæ, etc.

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