A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

free-:

chori-: in Gk. comp., separate, free;

- choripetalus,-a,-um (adj.A): with petals distinct and unfused, choripetalus; syn. apopetalus,-a,-um (adj.A); syn. dialypetalus,-a,-um (adj.A); syn. polypetalus,-a, -um (adj.A); opp. gamopetalus,-a,-um (adj.A) = sympetalus,-a,-um (adj.A), q.v.

eleuther-, q.v., eleuthero; “In Greek compounds = distinct, separate” (Lindley), free, not united; opp. gam-, gamo-: in Gk. comp., united; with the union of like parts;

- eleutheropetalus,-a,-um (adj.A): eleutheropetalous “polypetalous, having free petals, choripetalous” (Jackson).

- [Adlumia] petala in tubum basi bigibbum apice 4-lobum, corollam eleutheripetalam Dicentrae mentientem, arcte coalita (B&H), petals tightly coalesced into a tube, bigibbous [i.e. with two swellings or enlargements] at the base, 4-lobed at the apex, the corolla with free [i.e. distinct or separated] petals measuring by [i.e. compared to] Dicentra. [note: Dicentra: petala 4, erecto-conniventia, petals four, erect-connivent [i.e. convergent].