White-flowered

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adjective (botany)

Definition

Having whitish or off-white flowers; a specialized term used in plant taxonomy and vegetable morphology to describe species or plant varieties whose floral elements display a pale pigmentation, lacking the brightness of a pure white color.

Bilingual Equivalents

  • White-flowered
  • Albidiflorous

Grammatical & Source Details

Inflection Type Variable morphological adjective with regular gender and structural plural changes.
Formation Neoclassical compound from the prefix segment 'albidi-' (whitish) and the structural root '-flor' (flower).
Spelling / Pronunciation [al.bi.di.ˈflor]
Source International Code of Phytotaxonomic Nomenclature and Terminology

Contextual Usage Examples

RO: Horticultorul a identificat o varietate albidifloră a acestei specii de arbuști ornamentali în serele de testare.

EN: The horticulturist identified an albidiflorous variety of this ornamental shrub species in the testing greenhouses.

RO: În atlasul botanic consultat, exemplarul albidiflor este descris ca fiind extrem de rar în flora spontană montană.

EN: In the consulted botanical atlas, the albidiflorous specimen is described as being extremely rare in the spontaneous mountain flora.

RO: Acești tulpini poartă muguri delicați care vor genera în plină primăvară un frumos inflorescență albidiflor.

EN: These stems bear delicate buds that will generate a beautiful albidiflorous inflorescence in full spring.

Idioms & Phrases

Varietate albidifloră / Albidiflorous variety

RO: Subdiviziune taxonomică a unei plante caracterizată exclusiv prin culoarea albicioasă a petalelor sale.

EN: A taxonomic subdivision of a plant characterized exclusively by the whitish color of its petals.

Inflorescență albidifloră / Whitish inflorescence

RO: Grupare de flori așezate pe aceeași axă care deschid corole de o nuanță alb-murdară.

EN: A group of flowers arranged on the same axis opening corollas of an off-white shade.

Caracter albidiflor / Albidiflorous trait

RO: Proprietate genetică ce determină absența pigmenților vii în structura celulară a florilor respective.

EN: A genetic property determining the absence of bright pigments in the cellular structure of those flowers.

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