noun
- Plants or flowers that lack petals; members of the group Apetalae (a botanical classification of plants without petals).
Usage: botanical/technical term; plural form of apetalous or apetalae; archaic or specialized botanical usage
Examples
- The botanist classified the specimens as apetalies due to their complete absence of petals.
- Many wind-pollinated plants are apetalies, relying on other structures for reproduction.
- In the old taxonomic system, apetalies were grouped separately from flowering plants with showy petals.