pentamerous
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Hydradephaga; -ous: applied to aquatic, predatory pentamerous beetles with filiform antennae: see adephagous.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
In the British Adoxa the uppermost flower generally has two calyx-lobes with the other organs tetramerous, while the surrounding flowers generally have three calyx-lobes with the other organs pentamerous.
From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles
Adephagous: belonging to the Adephaga: pentamerous, predatory, terrestrial beetles with filiform antennae and predatory habits: see hydradephagous.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
In the large tropical genus Croton a pentamerous calyx and corolla are generally present, the stamens are often very numerous, and the female flower has three carpels.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
To take an example, the group Pseudostrobus, characterized by pentamerous leaf-fascicles, appears in many systems.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
