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catapetalous

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English

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Etymology

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From cata- +‎ petalous.

Adjective

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catapetalous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Having the petals held together by stamens, which grow to their bases, as in the mallow.
    • 1962 (posthumously published) Mark Twain, A Cat Tale in Letters from the Earth
      [] ever and anon the enchanted eye wandered from congeries of lordly cat-tails and kindred catapetalous blooms too deep for utterance []