-androus


  1. a combining form meaning “male,” occurring as final element of a compound word: polyandrous.

Origin of -androus

1
<New Latin -andrus.See andr-, -ous

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British Dictionary definitions for -androus

-androus

adj combining form
  1. (in botany) indicating number or type of stamens: diandrous

Origin of -androus

1
from New Latin -andrus, from Greek -andros, from anēr man

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