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hexamerous

[hek-sam-er-uhs]

adjective

consisting of or divided into six parts.

Zoology. having a radially symmetrical arrangement of organs in six groups.

Botany. having six members in each whorl.

Origin:
1855–60; < Late Latin hexamerus < Greek hexámeros of six parts, equivalent to hexa- hexa- + mér(os) share, part + -os adj. suffix (see -ous)

Related forms

hex·am·er·ism

[hek-sam-uh-riz-uhm] , noun

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hexamerous or hexameral (hɛkˈsæmərəs)

—*adj*
	(esp of the parts of a plant) arranged in groups of six

hexameral or hexameral

—*adj*

hex'amerism or hexameral

—n

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