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didynamous

American  
[dahy-din-uh-muhs] / daɪˈdɪn ə məs /

adjective

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


didynamous British  
/ daɪˈdɪnəməs /

adjective

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of didynamous

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

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

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 didynamous, their lower parts grown to the tube of the corolla.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

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

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

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

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

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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