Pentamerous

[pen'tæmәrәs]

Definition

(adj.) divided into five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five) members; 'pentamerous flowers' .

Editor: Lois--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) 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.

(a.) Belonging to the Pentamera.

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Definition

adj. (bot.) consisting of or divided into five parts.—Pentamerus beds (geol.) a name applied to the upper and lower Llandovery rocks full of the brachiopods called Pentamerus.

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