hexamerousadj.

/hɛkˈsamərəs/

Etymology: < hexa- comb. form + -merous comb. form. Compare Hellenistic Greek ἑξαμερής in six parts (in the Orphica, describing the hexameter). The graphic abbreviation 6-merous may represent a separate word pronounced /ˈsɪksmərəs/ (compare five-merous adj.).

a. Botany. Having the parts of the flower-whorl six in number. (Often written 6-merous.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having specific arrangement or number of member parts

regular1760

decandrous1808

irregular1826

tetramerous1835

pentamerous1848

symmetrical1849

hexamerous1857

isomerous1857

octamerous1857

anisomerous1861

octomeral1871

hemicyclic1875

zygomorphic1875

zygomorphous1879

tetracyclic1880

heteromerous1882

heterocyclic1895

oligomerous1897

pleiomerous1898

decasepalous-

1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 405 Melanthaceæ..Herbs with..regular 6-merous and 6-androus flowers.

1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. vi. §2. 176 In Monocotyledons, so-called hexamerous blossoms are really trimerous, the sixes being double sets of three.

b. Zoology. Having the radiating parts or organs six in number, as an actinoid zoophyte.

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1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iii. 159 The finally hexamerous Anthozoon passes through a tetramerous and an octomerous stage.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

hexamerous adj.

Brit.

/hɛkˈsam(ə)rəs/

U.S.

/hɛkˈsæm(ə)rəs/

[Greek μέρος part] Biology having members in groups of six, or multiples of six.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > composed of many parts

tripartite1658

undecimarticulate1856

polymerous1857

hexamerous1877

1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iii. 159 The finally hexamerous Anthozoon passes through a tetramerous and an octomerous stage.

1905 I. B. Balfour tr. C. E. von Goebel Organogr. Plants II. 538 The first flowers of some Caryophylleae are hexamerous.

1940 L. H. Hyman Invertebrates I. vii. 579 In typical hexamerous anemones, the number of pairs of septa in the various cycles is then: 6 (primaries), 6, 12, 24, 48, etc.

单词	hexamerous
释义	hexamerousadj. /hɛkˈsamərəs/ Etymology: < hexa- comb. form + -merous comb. form. Compare Hellenistic Greek ἑξαμερής in six parts (in the Orphica, describing the hexameter). The graphic abbreviation 6-merous may represent a separate word pronounced /ˈsɪksmərəs/ (compare five-merous adj.). a. Botany. Having the parts of the flower-whorl six in number. (Often written 6-merous.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having specific arrangement or number of member parts regular1760 decandrous1808 irregular1826 tetramerous1835 pentamerous1848 symmetrical1849 hexamerous1857 isomerous1857 octamerous1857 anisomerous1861 octomeral1871 hemicyclic1875 zygomorphic1875 zygomorphous1879 tetracyclic1880 heteromerous1882 heterocyclic1895 oligomerous1897 pleiomerous1898 decasepalous- 1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 405 Melanthaceæ..Herbs with..regular 6-merous and 6-androus flowers. 1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. vi. §2. 176 In Monocotyledons, so-called hexamerous blossoms are really trimerous, the sixes being double sets of three. b. Zoology. Having the radiating parts or organs six in number, as an actinoid zoophyte. ΚΠ 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iii. 159 The finally hexamerous Anthozoon passes through a tetramerous and an octomerous stage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018). > as lemmas hexamerous hexamerous adj. Brit. /hɛkˈsam(ə)rəs/ , U.S. /hɛkˈsæm(ə)rəs/ [Greek μέρος part] Biology having members in groups of six, or multiples of six. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > composed of many parts tripartite1658 undecimarticulate1856 polymerous1857 hexamerous1877 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iii. 159 The finally hexamerous Anthozoon passes through a tetramerous and an octomerous stage. 1905 I. B. Balfour tr. C. E. von Goebel Organogr. Plants II. 538 The first flowers of some Caryophylleae are hexamerous. 1940 L. H. Hyman Invertebrates I. vii. 579 In typical hexamerous anemones, the number of pairs of septa in the various cycles is then: 6 (primaries), 6, 12, 24, 48, etc. extracted from hexa-comb. form < adj.1857 as lemmas
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hexamerousadj.

> as lemmas