pentamerous

[ pen-tam-er-uhs ]

adjective

1. consisting of or divided into five parts.
2. Botany. (of flowers) having five members in each whorl.

pentamerous

/ pɛnˈtæmərəs /

adjective

1. consisting of five parts, esp (of flowers) having the petals, sepals, and other parts arranged in groups of five

Derived Forms

• penˈtamerˌism, noun

Other Words From

• pen·tamer·ism pen·tamer·y noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pentamerous¹

From the New Latin word pentamerus, dating back to 1820–30. See penta-, -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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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.

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Thus, in both Lilium lancifolium and L. auratum the writer has frequently met with pentamerous flowers.

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The symmetry which is most commonly met with is trimerous and pentamerous—the former occurring generally among monocotyledons, the latter among dicotyledons.

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