gamopetalous
/ˌɡæmoʊˈpɛtələs/
adjective
- Having petals that are fused together, forming a tube or bell shape, as in many flowers.
- Many common garden flowers, like petunias and tomatoes, are gamopetalous.
- The morning glory is a gamopetalous flower with its petals joined into a trumpet shape.
- Botany students learned to identify gamopetalous plants by their fused corollas.
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