dimerous

adj — 2 senses

dimerous

adj

Etymology From di- + -merous; compare also Ancient Greek διμερής (dimerḗs, “bipartite”).

1

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences In two parts; having two parts in each whorl of a flower.

  • Plants with dimerous flowers are fairly rare.
2

Biology, Entomology, Natural sciences Having two-jointed tarsi.

Related terms
dimer, dimeric, dimery
Coordinate terms
monomerous, trimerous, tetramerous, pentamerous, hexamerous, heptamerous, octamerous

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