- The leaves of a flower generally, especially when the
calyx and corolla are not readily distinguished. - A saclike involucre which incloses the young fruit in
most hepatic mosses. See Illust. of Hepatica.
- Irregular in form; -- opposed to uniform; anomalous;
hence, unlike; dissimilar; as, to difform corolla, the parts of which
do not correspond in size or proportion; difform leaves.
- Alpine plant - Blue flowering plant used in herbal medicine - Flowering plant whose roots are used as a tonic - Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with
opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually
blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See Illust. of Capsule.