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trim·er·ous

 (trĭm′ər-əs)
adj.
1. Having three similar segments or parts.
2. Botany Having flower parts, such as petals, sepals, and stamens, in sets of three.
trim′er·y n.
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trimerous

(ˈtrɪmərəs)
adj
1. (Botany) (of plants) having parts arranged in groups of three
2. (Zoology) consisting of or having three parts
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trim•er•ous

(ˈtrɪm ər əs)

adj.
1. (of flowers) having members in each whorl in groups of three.
2. (of arthropods) having three segments or parts.
[1820–30; < New Latin trimerus; see trimer, -ous]
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Because the perianth is trimerous in Hedyosmum and the reconstructed common ancestor of mesangiosperms (Doyle & Endress, 2011; Sauquet et al., 2017).
Phylogenetic Analyses of Cretaceous Fossils Related to Chloranthaceae and their Evolutionary Implications
As an evolutionary old family the Annonaceae exhibit floral morphological characters which they partly share with other representatives of the order Magnoliales and further basal angiosperms, such as hermaphrodititic flowers, a usually trimerous perianth, and numerous stamens and carpels with a helical arrangement along an elongated, mostly convex receptacle.
Evolutionary steps in the reproductive biology of annonaceae/A evolucao da biologia reprodutiva de annonaceae
The pistillate flowers are cream in color, pyramidal, asymmetrical and trimerous, 4.92 to 7.24 mm in length and 4.44 to 6.09 mm in width (Table 2).
Morphoanatomy of the flower of Syagrus inajai (SPRUCE) Becc. (Arecaceae- Arecoideae- Attaleinae), Amazon/Morfoanatomia floral de Syagrus inajai (Spruce) Becc. (Arecaceae-Arecoideae-Attaleinae), Amazonia
Results indicate that seed size is generally homogeneous across sites, and statistical differences were limited to length of dimerous seeds and width of trimerous seeds.
Characterization of forest reproductive material from five provenances of Nothofagus alessandrii Espinosa, an endangered species/Caracterizacion del material forestal de reproduccion de cinco procedencias de Nothofagus alessandrii Espinosa, una especie en peligro de extincion/Caracterizacao do material florestal de reproducao de cinco procedencias de Nothofagus alessandrii Espinosa, uma especie em perigo de extincao
Staminate flower symmetrical, trimerous, from barely to widely open at anthesis; sepals 3 short, [+ or -]triangular, sometimes basally connate; petals 3, much exceeding the sepals, valvate, boat-shaped, straight or reflexed, basally connate; stamens 3-12, anthers small, [+ or -]oval-linear, versatile, latrorse; pistillode present, minute, trifid, or absent.
El genero Astrocaryum (Arecaceae)
Abbe (1935, 1974) studied floral vasculatures of all genera of Betulaceae and concluded that the ancestral inflorescences of Betulaceae were compound spikes consisting of cymes each with three flowers and the most primitive flowers are bisexual and trimerous with tricarpellary ovaries.
Comparative Flower and Inflorescence Organogenesis among Genera of Betulaceae: Implications for Phylogenetic Relationships
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