pentamerous
Americanadjective
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consisting of or divided into five parts.
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Botany. (of flowers) having five members in each whorl.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of pentamerous
From the New Latin word pentamerus, dating back to 1820–30. See penta-, -merous
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Hydradephaga; -ous: applied to aquatic, predatory pentamerous beetles with filiform antennae: see adephagous.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
To take an example, the group Pseudostrobus, characterized by pentamerous leaf-fascicles, appears in many systems.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
Adephagous: belonging to the Adephaga: pentamerous, predatory, terrestrial beetles with filiform antennae and predatory habits: see hydradephagous.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
In the large tropical genus Croton a pentamerous calyx and corolla are generally present, the stamens are often very numerous, and the female flower has three carpels.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
Thus the formula S5P5St5C5 means that the flower is perfect, and has pentamerous symmetry, the whorls being isomerous.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
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