peloria

peloria
peloric /peuh lawr"ik, -lor"-/, adj.
/peuh lawr"ee euh, -lohr"-/, n. Bot.
regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
[1855-60; < NL < Gk pélor(os) monstrous (pélor monster + -os adj. suffix) + -ia -IA]

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