Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for POL-Y-PET'AL-OUS
POL'YPE, or POL'Y-PUSPO-LYPH'A-GOUS
POL-Y-PET'AL-OUS, a. [Gr. πολυς, many, and πεταλον, a petal.]
In botany, having many petals; as, a polypetalous corol. – Martyn.
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