diadelphous
Americanadjective
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(of stamens) united into two sets by their filaments.
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(of plants) having the stamens so united.
adjective
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(of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
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(of flowers) having diadelphous stamens
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Gathered into two groups or bundles of equal or different number. The stamens of certain flowers, such as those of some members of the bean family, are diadelphous.
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Having stamens so arranged.
Etymology
Origin of diadelphous
First recorded in 1800–10; di- 1 + -adelphous
Example Sentences
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When you have finished your observations, you really ought to send an account with a diagram to "Nature," recalling your generalisation about the diadelphous structure, and now explaining the exception of Coronilla.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
Plants with irregular hypogynous flowers, 4–8 diadelphous or monadelphous stamens, their 1-celled anthers opening at the top by a pore or chink, the fruit a 2-celled and 2-seeded pod.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Stamens diadelphous, 9 and 1, or monadelphous below.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Stamens diadelphous in two sets of 5 each.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Petals free from the diadelphous stamens; standard ovate or roundish, its claw often remote from the others; wings obovate or oblong; keel incurved.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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