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Abortive
verb · 78% connection
Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, petal, stamen.
Ad-
unknown · 78% connection
As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, petal, stamen.
Advance
adjective · 78% connection
Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, petal, stamen.
androus
unknown · 78% connection
A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, petal, stamen.
Anther
noun · 78% connection
That part of the stamen containing the pollen, or fertilizing dust, which, when mature, is emitted for the impregnation of the ovary.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, petal, stamen.
Antisepalous
adjective · 78% connection
Standing before a sepal, or calyx leaf.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, petal, stamen.
Calcar
noun · 78% connection
A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, petal, stamen.
Chive
noun · 78% connection
A filament of a stamen.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, petal, stamen.
Com-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, petal, stamen.
Concrete
adjective · 78% connection
Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, petal, stamen.
Dis-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix from the Latin, whence F. des, or sometimes de-, dis-. The Latin dis-appears as di-before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, petal, stamen.
Elison
noun · 78% connection
The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, petal, stamen.
Filament
noun · 78% connection
A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, petal, stamen.
File
noun · 78% connection
A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; -- in contradistinction to rank, which designates a row of soldiers standing abreast; a n…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, petal, stamen.
In-
preposition · 78% connection
A prefix from Eng. prep. in, also from Lat. prep. in, meaning in, into, on, among; as, inbred, inborn, inroad; incline, inject, intrud…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, petal, stamen.
Lepal
noun · 78% connection
A sterile transformed stamen.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, petal, stamen.
Monandria
n. pl. · 78% connection
A Linnaean class of plants embracing those having but a single stamen.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, petal, stamen.
Monandrous
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the monandria; having but one stamen.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: standing, before, petal, stamen.
