peloria

[ puh-lawr-ee-uh, -lohr- ]

/ pəˈlɔr i ə, -ˈloʊr- /

regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.

Origin of peloria

1855–60; < New Latin < Greek pélōr(os) monstrous ( pélōr monster + -os adj. suffix) + -ia -ia

pe·lor·ic

[puh-lawr-ik, -lor-] /pəˈlɔr ɪk, -ˈlɒr-/, adjective

"On the existence of two forms of Peloria," by M. T. Masters.

Vegetable Teratology |Maxwell T. Masters
Peloria, an abnormal return to regularity and symmetry in an irregular flower; commonest in Snapdragon.

The Elements of Botany |Asa Gray
From overlooking the occasional existence of this form of peloria, new genera have sometimes been formed on insufficient grounds.

Vegetable Teratology |Maxwell T. Masters
This change is sometimes classed with peloria, but there is no abnormal regularity in these cases.

Vegetable Teratology |Maxwell T. Masters

Peloria of this kind, when perfect, is very often associated with other alterations.

Vegetable Teratology |Maxwell T. Masters

peloria

/ (pɛˈlɔːrɪə) /

the abnormal production of actinomorphic flowers in a plant of a species that usually produces zygomorphic flowers

peloric (pɛˈlɔːrɪk, -ˈlɒ-), adjective

C19: via New Latin from Greek pelōros, from pelōr monster