didynamous
[ dahy-din-uh-muhs ]
/ daɪˈdɪn ə məs /
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adjective
(of a flower) having four stamens in two pairs of different length.
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Origin of didynamous
OTHER WORDS FROM didynamous
di·dyn·a·my, nounWords nearby didynamous
didymalgia, didymitis, didymium, didymous, didymus, didynamous, die, die away, dieback, dieb. alt., dieb. secund.
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Example sentences from the Web for didynamous
Stamens didynamous, their lower parts grown to the tube of the corolla.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines|T. H. Pardo de TaveraStamens 4, didynamous, inserted on the tube of the corolla; anthers 2-celled, persistent.
Stamens 4, slightly didynamous, incurved-ascending, scarcely exceeding the corolla.
Didynamous (stamens), having four stamens in two pairs, 100.
The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray
British Dictionary definitions for didynamous
didynamous
/ (daɪˈdɪnəməs) /
adjective
(of plants) having four stamens arranged in two pairs of unequal length, as in the foxglove
Word Origin for didynamous
C18: from New Latin Didynamia name of former class, from di- 1 + Greek dunamis power, referring to the greater strength of the two long stamens
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