peloria

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noun

A variety of toadflax having five spurs instead of one.

OriginNew Latin peloria ← Ancient Greek πέλωρ ← Latin -ia →
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Meanings

nounpeloria (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA variety of toadflax having five spurs instead of one.
  2. uncountablebiologyabnormal regularity; the state of certain flowers, which, being naturally irregular, have become regular through a symmetrical repetition of the special irregularity

Origin

  1. Latin-ia“-ia: forming neuter plurals”
  2. Ancient Greekπέλωρ“monster”
  3. New Latinpeloria“mutant, especially mutant toadflax”
  4. Englishpeloria

From New Latin peloria (“mutant, especially mutant toadflax”), from Ancient Greek πέλωρ (pélōr, “monster”) + -ία (-ía, “-ia, -y: forming abstract nouns”) and Latin -ia (“-ia: forming neuter plurals”).

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Translations

Dutch pelorie
  • peloriebotanical abnormality

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Alipore
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