gynandrous
Americanadjective
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Botany. having stamens and pistils united in a column, as in orchids.
Looking for an example of a gynandrous flower, we were directed to a miltonia in full bloom.
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Zoology. having both male and female reproductive organs, especially as a normal condition of the species, but occasionally as an abnormality.
Gynandrous specimens from these butterfly species are not uncommon.
adjective
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(of flowers such as the orchid) having the stamens and styles united in a column
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hermaphroditic
Other Word Forms
- gynandry noun
Etymology
Origin of gynandrous
First recorded in 1760–70; from Greek gýnandros “of doubtful sex”; gyn-, -androus
Example Sentences
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Stamens only one or two; flower irregular, gynandrous.
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
Adhesion of stamens to pistils.—The stamens also may be united to the pistils, as in gynandrous plants.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.
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