Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, having or containing five grains or seeds, or having five united cells with one seed in each.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Composed of five united carpels with one seed in each, as certain fruits.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Composed of five united
carpels with oneseed in each.
Etymologies
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See penta- and coccus.
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