Definition of "peloria" []

• Unusual regularity in the form of a flower that is normally irregular. (noun)

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• "The term peloria was originally given by Linné to a malformation of"
• "On the other hand, were the ligulate florets to be all replaced by tubular ones, the term peloria would be more strictly applicable."
• "This was considered so marvellous a circumstance that the term peloria, from the Greek [Greek: pelôr], a prodigy, was applied to it. ["