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Epigynous :: Epigynous (a.) Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it; -- said of stamens, petals, sepals, and also of the disk..

Tetradynamous :: Tetradynamous (a.) Belonging to the order Tetradynamia; having six stamens, four of which are uniformly longer than the others..

Polyadelphous :: Polyadelphous (a.) Belonging to the class Polyadelphia; having stamens united in three or more bundles.

Icosandria :: Icosandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants, having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx..

Diplostemonous :: Diplostemonous (a.) Having twice as many stamens as petals, as the geranium..

Didynamous :: Didynamous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Didynamia; containing four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.

Tetradynamia :: Tetradynamia (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having six stamens, four of which are longer than the others..

Flower :: Flower (n.) That part of a plant destined to produce seed, and hence including one or both of the sexual organs; an organ or combination of the organs of reproduction, whether inclosed by a circle of foliar parts or not. A complete flower consists of two essential parts, the stamens and the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the corolla and callyx. In mosses the flowers consist of a few special leaves surrounding or subtending organs called archegonia. See Blossom, and Corolla..

Enneandria :: Enneandria (n.) A Linnaean class of plants having nine stamens.

Gynantherous :: Gynantherous (a.) Pertaining to an abnormal condition of the flower, in which the stamens are converted into pistils..

Polyandria :: Polyandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of monoclinous or hermaphrodite plants, having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle..

Phanerogamous :: Phanerogamous (a.) Having visible flowers containing distinct stamens and pistils; -- said of plants.

Synanthesis :: Synantherous (a.) Having the stamens united by their anthers; as, synantherous flowers..

Oligandrous :: Oligandrous (a.) Having few stamens.

Anisostemonous :: Anisostemonous (a.) Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals.

Harefoot :: Harefoot (n.) A tree (Ochroma Laqopus) of the West Indies, having the stamens united somewhat in the form of a hare's foot..

Didynamia :: Didynamia (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.

Phyllous :: Phyllous (a.) Homologous with a leaf; as, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils are phyllous organs..

Catapetalous :: Catapetalous (a.) Having the petals held together by stamens, which grow to their bases, as in the mallow..

Staminate :: Staminate (a.) Having stamens, but lacking pistils..

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