Definitions for tetramerous

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tetramerous te·tram·er·ous

Spelling: [te-tram-er-uh s]

IPA: /tɛˈtræm ər əs/

Tetramerous is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 870 anagrams from letters in tetramerous (aeemorrsttu).

Definitions for tetramerous

adjective

1. consisting of or divided into four parts.
2. Botany. (of flowers) having the parts of a whorl arranged in fours or multiples of four.

Origin of tetramerous

1820-30; New Latin tetramerus Greek tetramerḗs having four parts. See tetra-, -merous

Examples for tetramerous

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

Dimerous and tetramerous symmetry occur also among dicotyledons.

Some Hopli swarm in the day before noon, and then disappear: most of the tetramerous beetles also appear to be diurnal.