tetramerous
adjEtymology From tetra- + -merous.
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Biology, Botany, Natural sciences in four parts: such that each whorl (of flower parts) has four flower parts.
- As their name suggests, the crucifers have tetramerous flowers.
- Derived terms
- tetramerously
- Related terms
- tetramer, tetrameric, tetramery
- Coordinate terms
- monomerous, dimerous, trimerous, pentamerous, hexamerous, heptamerous, octamerous