dimerous
[dim-er-uh s]
- consisting of or divided into two parts.
- Botany. (of flowers) having two members in each whorl.
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Origin of dimerous
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Dimerous insects are those that have two joints in all their tarsi.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)William Kirby
So in fuchsias, a very common deviation consists in a trimerous and rarely a dimerous symmetry of the flower.
Vegetable TeratologyMaxwell T. Masters
Darwin afterwards gave a doubtful explanation of this, and concluded that the ovary is dimerous.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume IICharles Darwin
Dimerous and tetramerous symmetry occur also among dicotyledons.
Thus fig. 38 shows a pentamerous symmetrical flower, with dimerous pistil.
dimerous
- consisting of or divided into two segments, as the tarsi of some insects
- (of flowers) having their floral parts arranged in whorls of two
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Word Origin
C19: from New Latin dimerus, from Greek dimerēs, from di- 1 + meros part
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dimerous
[dĭm′ər-əs]
- Consisting of two parts or segments, as the tarsus in certain insects.
- Having flower parts, such as petals, sepals, and stamens, in sets of two.
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