pentamerous

An obsolete adjective meaning consisting of or divided into five parts; formerly used in botany and zoology.

• 🇫🇷Adjectif qui qualifie ce qui est composé de cinq parties ou divisé en cinq parties, notamment en botanique et en zoologie.

1. Divided into five parts C2 formal scientific

   Having a structure that is divided into five parts or consisting of five members, especially in botanical contexts where each floral whorl has five (or a multiple of five) parts.

   • The pentamerous flower has five petals and five sepals.
   • Many species in the Rosaceae family exhibit a pentamerous floral arrangement.
   • The botanist noted the pentamerous symmetry of the specimen.

   🇫🇷pentamère

• more pentamerous comparative form
• most pentamerous superlative form