Definition for IM-PLE'TION

IM-PLE'TION, n. [L. impleo, to fill; in and pleo.]

The act of filling; the state of being full. The impletion is either in simple or compound flowers. The impletion of simple flowers is by the increase of the petals, or of the nectary. Lee

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