Definition of trimerous in English:
trimerous
adjective ˈtrɪm(ə)rəsˈtrʌɪm(ə)rəsˈtrimərəs
Zoology Botany 1Having parts arranged in groups of three.
Example sentencesExamples
- Basal lineages (Cabomba, Brasenia, Nuphar, and Barclaya) are trimerous with differentiated sepals and petals.
- Some non-terminal flowers are dimerous, but otherwise identical to trimerous flowers.
- Trillium species are characterized by a single trimerous flower subtended by a whorl of three leaves.
- Some botanists noted certain similarities such as floral organs in trimerous whorls uniting members of this order and ‘primitive’ monocotyledons (Alisma).
- Their perigonium consists of two trimerous whorls of tepals, or conversely of a perianth comprising calyx and corolla.
- 1.1 Consisting of three joints or parts.
Example sentencesExamples
- The fossil flower, Lauranthus futabensis, gen. et sp. nov. is assigned to the Lauraceae based on the regular trimerous organization of the perianth and androecium, and the valvate anthers.
- Trillium govanianum possesses characters normally seen in only Paris such as filiform petals and ellipsoid, monosulcate pollen, but it shares having trimerous flowers with Trillium.