quinquevalve

English

Etymology

quinque- +‎ valve

Adjective

quinquevalve (not comparable)

1. (botany, biology) Having five valves.
   • 1777, Stephen Robson, The British flora, page 105:

     Sundew. Calyx quinquefid, five stamina, five styles, capsule unilocular, quinquevalve at the top, polyspermous.

   • 1825, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Richard Thomas Gore, A manual of the elements of natural history, page 252:

     The quinquevalve shell with its inhabitant, hangs by a fleshy gut-like tube […]

Synonyms

• quinquevalvular