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CHLAMYDEOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chlamydeous mean?
• CHLAMYDEOUS (adjective)
The adjective CHLAMYDEOUS has 1 sense:
1. having a floral envelope or perianth consisting of a calyx and/or corolla
Familiarity information: CHLAMYDEOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a floral envelope or perianth consisting of a calyx and/or corolla
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Antonym:
achlamydeous (not having a floral envelope or perianth)
Derivation:
chlamys (collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils)
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