Term:

Asymmetric

Definition:

Referring to a structure that can be divided into numerous mirror-image halves. This and its associated terms are usually, but not exclusively, applied to flowers. Opposite of symmetric.

Notes:

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