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isomerous
[ ahy-som-er-uhs ]
adjective
- having an equal number of parts, markings, etc.
- Botany. (of a flower) having the same number of members in each whorl.
isomerous
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adjective
- having an equal number of parts or markings
- (of flowers) having floral whorls with the same number of parts Compare anisomerous
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of isomerous1
Example Sentences
Thus the formula S5P5St5C5 means that the flower is perfect, and has pentamerous symmetry, the whorls being isomerous.
Isomerous, the same number in the successive circles or sets.
Meiophylly of the gynœcium.—Numerical inequality in the case of the pistil, as compared with the other whorls of the flower, is of such common occurrence, under ordinary circumstances, that in some text-books it is looked on as the normal condition, and a flower which is isomerous in the outer whorls is by some writers not considered numerically irregular if the number of the carpels does not coincide with that of the other organs.
Isomerous: with equal number of tarsal joints on all feet := homoeomerous.
Homoeomerous: all feet with an equal number of tarsal joints: = isomerous.
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