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Polyandrous

Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle.

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Polygamous 84% connected

Of or pertaining to polygamy; characterized by, or involving, polygamy; having a plurality of wives; as, polygamous marriages; -- opposed to monogamo…

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Polygamous 84% connected

Of or pertaining to polygamy; characterized by, or involving, polygamy; having a plurality of wives; as, polygamous marriages; -- opposed to monogamo…

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Polyandry 74% connected

The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with monandry.

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Polyandry 74% connected

The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with monandry.

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Adelphous adjective · 78% connection

Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous.

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androus unknown · 78% connection

A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens.

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Anisostemonous adjective · 78% connection

Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals.

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Carolus noun · 78% connection

An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I.

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Column noun · 78% connection

The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids.

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Diadelphous adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the class Diadelphia; having the stamens united into two bodies by their filaments (said of a plant or flower); gr…

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Disciflorous adjective · 78% connection

Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of plants. Cf. Calycifloral.

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Dodecandria n. pl. · 78% connection

A Linnaean class of plants including all that have any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen.

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Double adjective · 78% connection

Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense o…

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Epigynous adjective · 78% connection

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 o…

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February noun · 78% connection

The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty…

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Five-twenties n. pl. · 78% connection

Five-twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per cent interest), issued in 1862, '64, and '65, redeemable after five and payabl…

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Genus noun · 78% connection

A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly di…

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Gonophore noun · 78% connection

A lengthened receptacle, bearing the stamens and carpels in a conspicuous manner.

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Grade noun · 78% connection

The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mi…

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Gynander noun · 78% connection

A plant having the stamens inserted in the pistil.

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Gynandrous adjective · 78% connection

Having stamens inserted in the pistil; belonging to the class Gynandria.

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Haplostemonous adjective · 78% connection

Having but one series of stamens, and that equal in number to the proper number of petals; isostemonous.

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