tetramerous

English

Etymology

From tetra- +‎ -merous.

Adjective

tetramerous (not comparable)

1. (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

• monomerous (1), dimerous (2), trimerous (3), pentamerous (5), hexamerous (6), heptamerous (7), octamerous (8)

Related terms

• tetramer
• tetrameric
• tetramery