Pen*tam"er*ous (?), a. [Penta- + Gr. part.]

1. Biol.

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.

2. Zool.

Belonging to the Pentamera.

 

© Webster 1913.

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