Word Meanings - EPIPETALOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Borne on the petals or corolla.

Related words: (words related to EPIPETALOUS)

• BORNE
  Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed. See Bear, v. t.
• COROLLATE; COROLLATED
  Having a corolla or corollas; like a corolla.
• COROLLACEOUS
  Pertaining to, or resembling, a corolla; having the form or texture of a corolla.
• COROLLA
  The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds the organs of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves, called petals. It is usually distinguished from the calyx by the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors. See
• COROLLARY
  1. That which is given beyond what is actually due, as a garland of flowers in addition to wages; surplus; something added or superfluous. Now come, my Ariel; bring a corollary, Rather than want a spirit. Shak. 2. Something which follows from the
• BORNEOL
  A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European
• FORBORNE
  p. p. of Forbear.
• PARACOROLLA
  A secondary or inner corolla; a corona, as of the Narcissus.
• SUBORNER
  One who suborns or procures another to take, a false oath; one who procures another to do a bad action.
• SHARD-BORNE
  Borne on shards or scaly wing cases. "The shard-borne beetle." Shak.