Term:

Symmetric

Definition:

Referring to a structure that can be divided into mirror-image halves. This and its associated terms are usually, but not exclusively, applied to flowers. Opposite of asymmetric; compare with actinomorphic and zygomorphic.

Notes:

In the Lecythidaceae, the flowers are divided into three types of symmetry: actinomorphic, obliquely zygomorphic, and zygomorphic, of these only actinomorphic is symmetric.