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tetradynamous
[ te-truh-dahy-nuh-muhs ]
adjective
, Botany.
- having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
tetradynamous
/ -ˈdɪn-; ˌtɛtrəˈdaɪnəməs /
adjective
- (of plants) having six stamens, two of which are shorter than the others
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tetradynamous1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tetradynamous1
C19: from tetra- + Greek dunamis power
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Example Sentences
Herbs, with a pungent watery juice and cruciform tetradynamous flowers; fruit a silique or silicle.
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Thus in Cruciferous plants the staminal whorl consists of four long stamens and two short ones (tetradynamous).
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The four inner stamens are longer than the two outer; and the stamens are hence collectively described as tetradynamous.
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Stamens mostly 6, tetradynamous (two inserted lower and shorter).
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Tetradynamous, where a flower has six stamens, two shorter than the four, 101.
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