Definitions for pentamerous

pentamerous pen·tam·er·ous

Spelling: [pen-tam-er-uh s]
IPA: /pɛnˈtæm ər əs/

Pentamerous is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 1750 anagrams from letters in pentamerous (aeemnoprstu).

Definitions for pentamerous

adjective

  1. consisting of or divided into five parts.
  2. Botany. (of flowers) having five members in each whorl.

Origin of pentamerous

From the New Latin word pentamerus, dating back to 1820-30. See penta-, -merous

Examples for pentamerous

To take an example, the group Pseudostrobus, characterized by pentamerous leaf-fascicles, appears in many systems.

Thus fig. 38 shows a pentamerous symmetrical flower, with dimerous pistil.

pentamerous insects are those which have five joints in all their tarsi.

Thus, in both Lilium lancifolium and L. auratum the writer has frequently met with pentamerous flowers.

The Clerid, which M. Latreille has placed in the pentamerous section, vary considerably in the number of their tarsal joints.

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