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polyandrous

[pol-ee-an-druh s]

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adjective

of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.

Botany. having an indefinite number of stamens.

Origin of polyandrous

First recorded in 1820–30, polyandrous is from the Greek word polyándros having many husbands. See poly-, -androus

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Examples from the Web for polyandrous

Historical Examples of polyandrous

If they really are polygamous and polyandrous, it is bad, but acceptable.
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories
Leo Tolstoi
Polyandrous, when it has many stamens, or more than a dozen.
The Elements of Botany
Asa Gray
Polyandrous, with numerous stamens (inserted on the receptacle), 100.
The Elements of Botany
Asa Gray
"And it's polyandrous--so a woman ought to have a good time--" she laughed.
The Mountebank
William J. Locke
A man may be polygamous in one village, and be one of a polyandrous lot of men a few miles off.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India
Edgar Thurston

Word Origin and History for polyandrous

adj.

1764, in botany, "having numerous stamens," from poly- + stem of aner "man, husband" (see anthropo-). From 1854 of humans, "having more than one husband." Greek polyandros meant "numerous" (of persons), "populous" (of places); polyanor meant "of many husbands."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

polyandrous in Science

polyandrous

[pŏl′ē-ăn′drəs]

Relating to a species of animals in which the females mate with more than one male in a single breeding season.

Relating to an angiosperm plant that has an indefinite number of stamens in its flowers.

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