PETALOMANIA

(Lat.), n. f. Pe2t-a2l(asl)-o(o3)-ma(ma3)'ni2- a3. From ir^TaAov, a leaf, and /j.avCa, madne . Fr., petalomanie. An abnormal multiplication of petals by petalody. [B, 1 (a, 35).] [s. 247]