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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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 Asa Gray
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 Asa Gray
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 Asa Gray
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 Asa Gray
Stamens usually 10, and mostly monadelphous or diadelphous.
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 Asa Gray
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