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hexamerous, a.|hɛkˈsæmərəs|
[f. hexa- + Gr. µέρ-ος part + -ous.]
a. Bot. Having the parts of the flower-whorl six in number. (Often written 6-merous.)
b. Zool. Having the radiating parts or organs six in number, as an actinoid zoophyte.
1857Henfrey Elem. Bot. 405 Melanthaceæ..Herbs with..regular 6-merous and 6-androus flowers. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. iii. 159 The finally hexamerous Anthozoon passes through a tetramerous and an octomerous stage. 1880Gray Struct. Bot. vi. §2. 176 In Monocotyledons, so-called hexamerous blossoms are really trimerous, the sixes being double sets of three. |