heterochlamydeous

From hetero- +‎ Ancient Greek χλαμύδος (khlamúdos, “mantle, cloak”) +‎ -ous.

heterochlamydeous (comparative more heterochlamydeous, superlative most heterochlamydeous)

1. (botany) Having a perianth in which the calyx and corolla are differentiated, usually by colour or texture.
   • 1927, China Ling, Lingnan Science Journal:

     Flowers single or in cymes, regular, usually unisexual, enclosed in a spathe, mostly with petals and sepals clearly differentiated (heterochlamydeous) […]

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “heterochlamydeous”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.