didynamous

American  

[dahy-din-uh-muhs] / daɪˈdɪn ə məs /

adjective

1. (of a flower) having four stamens in two pairs of different length.

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didynamous British  

/ daɪˈdɪnəməs /

adjective

1. (of plants) having four stamens arranged in two pairs of unequal length, as in the foxglove

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Other Word Forms

• didynamy noun

Etymology

Origin of didynamous

1785–95; < New Latin Didynam ( ia ) name of the class (equivalent to di- di- ¹ + Greek dýnam ( is ) power ( dynamic ) + -ia -ia ) + -ous

Example Sentences

Stamens 2 or 4, not approaching in pairs nor strongly didynamous; anthers 2-celled.

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Corolla tubular, obviously 2-lipped; the upper lip narrow, erect or arched, enclosing the 4 usually strongly didynamous stamens.

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Stamens 4, strongly didynamous, included, hairy; anthers approaching by pairs, 2-celled, the cells parallel, often pointed at base.

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Stamens 4, didynamous, inserted on the tube of the corolla; anthers 2-celled, persistent.

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Woody plants, monopetalous, didynamous or diandrous, with the ovary commonly 2-celled by the meeting of the two parietal placentæ or of a projection from them, many-ovuled; fruit a dry capsule, the large flat winged seeds with a flat embryo and no albumen, the broad and leaf-like cotyledons notched at both ends.—Calyx 2-lipped, 5-cleft, or entire.

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