Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, consisting of seven members or parts; having the parts in sevens.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Consisting of seven parts, or having the parts in sets of sevens.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Comprising seven parts or members.

Etymologies

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Formed in English as hepta- + -merous; compare the Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰμερής (heptamerēs, "having seven parts").

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