Plural form of apetaly; instances or examples of the condition of lacking petals in plants.
Derived from 'apetaly' (the noun form describing the absence of petals) with regular English plural '-ies'. The root combines Greek 'a-' (without) and 'petalon' (petal).
This word shows how botanical science creates systematic names for features—once biologists realized some flowers never had petals, they needed a term to group and study these plants together.
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