tetramerous

te·tram·er·ous

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [te-tram-er-uh s]
- /tɛˈtræm ər əs/
- /ˌte.ˈtræ.mə.rəs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [te-tram-er-uh s]
- /tɛˈtræm ər əs/

Definitions of tetramerous word

adjective tetramerous consisting of or divided into four parts. 1
adjective tetramerous Botany. (of flowers) having the parts of a whorl arranged in fours or multiples of four. 1
adjective tetramerous (esp of animals or plants) having or consisting of four parts 0
adjective tetramerous (of certain flowers) having parts arranged in whorls of four members 0
adjective tetramerous made up of four parts or divisions; in multiples of four 0

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Origin of tetramerous

First appearance:

before 1820

One of the 38% newest English words

1820-30; < New Latin tetramerus < Greek tetramerḗs having four parts. See tetra-, -merous

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Parts of speech for Tetramerous

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Tetramerous

tetramerous popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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