pentamerous
[pen-tam-er-uh s]
adjective
consisting of or divided into five parts.
Botany. (of flowers) having five members in each whorl.
Origin of pentamerous
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Pentamerous insects are those which have five joints in all their tarsi.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)William Kirby
Thus, in both Lilium lancifolium and L. auratum the writer has frequently met with pentamerous flowers.
Vegetable TeratologyMaxwell T. Masters
The Clerid, which M. Latreille has placed in the pentamerous section, vary considerably in the number of their tarsal joints.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)William Kirby
To take an example, the group Pseudostrobus, characterized by pentamerous leaf-fascicles, appears in many systems.
The Genus PinusGeorge Russell Shaw
Thus fig. 38 shows a pentamerous symmetrical flower, with dimerous pistil.
pentamerous
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