apetalous

1. 1.

   (of flowers) having no petals

   Synonymspetalless

   Antonymspetalous

Questions about apetalous

What does apetalous mean?

apetalous means "(of flowers) having no petals".

How many syllables are in apetalous?

apetalous has 4 syllables: a-pe-ta-lous. The stress falls on "pe".

What is another word for apetalous?

Close synonyms include petalless. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of apetalous?

The recorded antonyms are petalous.

Is apetalous a common word?

apetalous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.