tetramerous

American  

[te-tram-er-uhs] / tɛˈtræm ər əs /

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.

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tetramerous British  

/ tɛˈtræmərəs /

adjective

1. (esp of animals or plants) having or consisting of four parts

2. (of certain flowers) having parts arranged in whorls of four members

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tetramerous Scientific  

/ tĕ-trăm′ər-əs /

1. Having four similar segments or parts.

2. Having flower parts, such as petals, sepals, and stamens, in sets of four.

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Other Word Forms

• tetramerism noun

Etymology

Origin of tetramerous

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

Example Sentences

A flower in which the parts are arranged in twos is called dimerous; when the parts of the whorls are three, four or five, the flower is trimerous, tetramerous or pentamerous, respectively.

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