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• Symmetry
• Pseudo-Symmetry

(1):

(n.) Likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regularity.

(2):

(n.) A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; the union and conformity of the members of a work to the whole.

(3):

(n.) Equality in the number of parts of the successive circles in a flower.

(4):

(n.) The law of likeness; similarity of structure; regularity in form and arrangement; orderly and similar distribution of parts, such that an animal may be divided into parts which are structurally symmetrical.