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Webster 1913 Edition
Pentamerous
Pen-tam′er-ous
,Adj.
[
Penta-
+ Gr. [GREEK] part.] 1.
(Biol.)
Divided into, or consisting of, five parts; also, arranged in sets, with five parts in each set, as a flower with five sepals, five petals, five, or twice five, stamens, and five pistils.
2.
(Zool.)
Belonging to the Pentamera.
Definition 2024
pentamerous
pentamerous
English
Adjective
pentamerous (not comparable)
- (botany) In five parts; made up of five parts.
- The Apocynaceae have pentamerous flowers.