Epimere
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Epimere is a noun meaning (botany) one of the similar segments in plants, as in a segmented leaf.
Meaning
(botany) one of the similar segments in plants, as in a segmented leaf.
More Meanings
- (biology) 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
Example Sentences
Four pairs of the leg epimeres are distinctly divided by a sejugal interval into two groups.
The mesoderm next becomes differentiated into three regions: a dorsal region, called the epimere, which lies to each side of the neural tube; a middle region called the mesomere or nephrotome, situated lateral and ventral to the epimere
Word Forms
- epimeres
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include metamere, epimeron, segment, anepimeron, phytomere, parasegment.
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