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: pen-ta-me-rous. The stress falls on "ta".

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.