petalomania

[Pref. petalo-, and Eng. Vegetable Pathology: A morbid multiplication, repre ion, or alteration of petals. Double flowers, or flowers with many rows of petals, though prized by the florist, are unhealthy growths, diminishing or destroying the fertility of the plant. (Berkeley.) pět-a-lō-mon-as, s. [Pref. petalo-, and Mod. Lat., ., monas (q. v.).] Zool .: A genus of Para monad ide, with four species, founded by Stein on the Cyclidium abscis sum of Dujardin. Cyclidium, however, had been petasus previously employed by Ehrenberg, and therefore cannot be retained among the Flag ell at a. ( Saville Kent.) pět-al-op-ter-x, subst . [Pref. petalo- , and Gr. pteryx a fin.] Palæont .: A genus of Acanthopterygii, family Cataphract i, from the Chalk of Mount Lebanon. pět-a-lō-stich-a, s . pl . [Pref. petalo- , and Gr. stichos a row, a line.] Zool .: An order of Ech i no idea (elevated to a cla ). There are three genera, Spatangus, Bri us, and Pour tales i a.