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Pentamerous

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Adjective

1. pentamerous

divided into five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five) members

Example Sentences:
'pentamerous flowers'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pentamerous

see synonyms of pentamerous
adjective
consisting of five parts, esp (of flowers) having the petals, sepals, and other parts arranged in groups of five

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Pentamerous

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adjective
Biology
made up of five parts or divisions

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pentamerous

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adj.
1. or pen·tam·er·al (-əl) Having five similar parts.
2. Having flower parts, such as petals, sepals, and stamens, in sets of five.

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