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peloria

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pe⋅lo⋅ri⋅a

  [puh-lawr-ee-uh, -lohr-]
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–noun Botany.
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
Origin:
1855–60; < NL < Gk pélōr(os) monstrous (pélōr monster + -os adj. suffix) + -ia -ia

Related forms:
pe⋅lor⋅ic  [puh-lawr-ik, -lor-] , adjective
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pe·lo·ri·a   (pə-lôr'ē-ə, -lōr'-)   
n.  Unusual regularity in the form of a flower that is normally irregular.

[New Latin, from Greek pelōros, monstrous, from pelōr, monster; see kwer- in Indo-European roots.]
pe·lor'ic (-lôr'ĭk, -lŏr'-) adj.
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