apetalous

[ ey-pet-l-uh s ]

/ eɪˈpɛt l əs /

having no petals.

Origin of apetalous

From the New Latin word apetalus, dating back to 1700–10. See a-⁶, petalous

a·pet·a·lous·ness, a·pet·a·ly, noun

I desire now to call attention to chemical groups under the apetalous plants having simplicity of floral elements.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 |Various
Apetalous flowers occur in various Orders, as noted under the subdivisions.

The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States |Asa Gray
Apetalous Trees or Shrubs, having their flowers destitute of corolla; as the box.

Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnus |William MacGillivray
Stackhousia juncea, according to Clarke, has mixed with its perfect flowers a number of apetalous blossoms destitute of anthers.

Vegetable Teratology |Maxwell T. Masters

Salicornia, sal-i-kor′ni-a, n. a genus of apetalous plants—the glass-wort, marsh-samphire.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) |Various

apetalous

/ (eɪˈpɛtələs) /

(of flowering plants) having no petals

apetaly, noun

C18: from New Latin apetalus, see a- 1, petal