pentamerous

1. 1.

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

   “pentamerous flowers”

   Similardivided

   botany

Questions about pentamerous

What does pentamerous mean?

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

How many syllables are in pentamerous?

pentamerous has 4 syllables and divides as pen-ta-me-rous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is pentamerous a common word?

pentamerous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.