Enneapetalous

/ɛniəˈpɛtələs/ adjective

Definition

Having nine petals; used in botanical descriptions of flowers.

Etymology

From Greek 'ennea' (nine) + 'petalon' (petal, leaf), with '-ous' forming the adjective. This botanical term emerged as scientists needed precise vocabulary to describe flower structure.

Kelly Says

Most flowers you see have petals in numbers like 3, 4, or 5, so 'enneapetalous' (nine-petaled) flowers are comparatively rare—yet the word exists because botanists catalogued everything, even the uncommon cases, making nature's variations speakable and countable.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
ARالعربية
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
BNবাংলা
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
CACatalà
enneapétal
en-ne-a-pe-tal
CSČeština
enneapetal
en-ne-a-pe-tal
DADansk
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
DEDeutsch
enneapetal
en-ne-a-pe-tal
ELΕλληνικά
enneapetalos
en-ne-a-pe-ta-los
ESEspañol
enneapétalo
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lo
FAفارسی
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
FISuomi
enneapetalinen
en-ne-a-pe-ta-li-nen
FRFrançais
ennepétalé
en-ne-pe-ta-le
GUGU
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
HAHA
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
HEעברית
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
HIहिन्दी
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
HUMagyar
enneapetal
en-ne-a-pe-tal
IDBahasa Indonesia
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
IGIG
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
ITItaliano
enneapetalo
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lo
JA日本語
エネアペタロ
e-ne-a-pe-ta-ro
KKKK
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
KMKM
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
KO한국어
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
MRMR
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
MSBahasa Melayu
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
MYမြန်မာ
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
NLNederlands
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
NONorsk
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
PAPA
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
PLPolski
enneapetalny
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lny
PTPortuguês
enneapétalo
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lo
RORomână
enneapetal
en-ne-a-pe-tal
RUРусский
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
SVSvenska
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
SWKiswahili
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
TAதமிழ்
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
TEతెలుగు
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
THไทย
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
TLTL
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
TRTürkçe
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
UKУкраїнська
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
URاردو
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
VITiếng Việt
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
YOYO
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
ZH中文
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus
ZUZU
enneapetalous
en-ne-a-pe-ta-lus

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