tetramerous
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tetramerous (not comparable)
- (botany) in four parts: such that each whorl (of flower parts) has four flower parts.
- As their name suggests, the crucifers have tetramerous flowers.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- monomerous (1), dimerous (2), trimerous (3), pentamerous (5), hexamerous (6), heptamerous (7), octamerous (8)