Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TET-RA-PET'AL-OUS
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TET-RA-PET'AL-OUS, a. [Gr. τετρα, four, and πεταλον, leaf.]
In botany, containing four distinct petals or flower leaves; as, a tetrapetalous corol. Martyn.
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