didynamous

American

[dahy-din-uh-muhs] / daɪˈdɪn ə məs /

adjective

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

didynamous British

/ daɪˈdɪnəməs /

adjective

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

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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 ( see dynamic) + -ia -ia ) + -ous

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