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Meaning of 'pentamerous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pentamerous [ a.]
- Divided into, or consisting of, five parts; also, arranged in sets, with five parts in each set, as a flower with five sepals, five petals, five, or twice five, stamens, and five pistils.
- Belonging to the Pentamera.

Meaning of 'pentamerous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pentamerous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- divided into five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five) members
Example in sentence:
  • pentamerous flowers

Nearby Words:

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