epimere

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so-called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates
  2. one of the similar segments in plants, as in a segmented leaf.

Word forms

epimere epimeres

Etymology

From epi- + -mere.

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