Definitions for trimerous

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trimerous trim·er·ous

Spelling: [trim-er-uh s]

IPA: /ˈtrɪm ər əs/

Trimerous is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 469 anagrams from letters in trimerous (eimorrstu).

Definitions for trimerous

adjective

1. Botany. (of flowers) having members in each whorl in groups of three.
2. Entomology. having three segments or parts.

Origin of trimerous

1820-30; New Latin trimerus, equivalent to trimer- (see trimer) + -us -ous

Examples for trimerous

A very minute joint at the base of the claw-joint, in most Tetramerous and trimerous beetles.

trimerous insects are those whose tarsi consist of only three joints.

So in fuchsias, a very common deviation consists in a trimerous and rarely a dimerous symmetry of the flower.