-merous

  1. Suffix.  (biology, forming adjectives) Having parts of the specified quality.
  2. Suffix.  (chiefly, botany) Comprising the specified number of parts.
  3. Usage notes.  n biological descriptions, it is common to use numbers instead the Greek prefixes.

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