Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Related; in botany, having stamens united by their filaments into sets: used mostly in composition, as in monadelphous, etc.
Wiktionary
- adj. botany Having coalescent or clustered filaments.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Bot.) Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens. Usually in composition.
Etymologies
- Ancient Greek ἀδελφός (adelphos, "brother") + -ous. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Antiochensibus tous kata Surian kai Kilikian adelphous comprehensos videmus, ver.”
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed
“[2071] Matt.x. 37, with adelphous added perhaps from Luke xiv.”
“_ "[Greek: _Nomiz adelphous tous alaethinous philous_] Menander.”
“[Greek: Ex archês humin ethos esti touto, pantas men adelphous poikiôs euergetein, ekklêsiais te pollais tais kata pasan polin ephodia pempein”
“Rhômaiôn proestôs Biktôr athroôs tês Asias pasês hama tais homorois ekklêsiais tas paroikias apotemnein hôsan heterodoxousas, tês koinês henôseôs peiratai, kai stêliteuei ge dia grammatôn, akoinônêtous pantas ardên tous ekeise anakêruttôn adelphous].”
Lists
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A Galimafrée of Plant Anatomy & Morph...
A hodgepodge, jumble, jambalaya, *gallimaufry, circus and tent revival of plant anatomy and morphology terms and phrases - its a big tent, and no tickets are required.
*array, collecti...naked bud, leaf blade, brochidodromous, serrate, cork cambium, rhizomatous, flower stalk, deciduous sepal, petal, whorl, nectar gland, stamen and 1348 more...
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More Adjectival Arcana
List of adjectives such as everduring that do not frequent common speech and writing. A continuation of my list Adjectival Arcana, which had grown to over 7700 words and had become far too cumbersome.
transpontine, fetichistic, everduring, tachygraphic, tachygraphical, holographic, holographical, spectrobolographic, autographic, chirographal, autographal, ipsographic and 1419 more...
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1906 Railway Cipher Code
Terms from the Standard Cipher Code of the American Railway Association, 1906. The terms were shorthand for common phrases used in telegraphic communications between station agents and Railway Asso...
abetting, abdominal, abiology, ablative, abnormal, abominate, aboveboard, abrasive, absinth, abstinent, accursed, acetate and 212 more...
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hernesheir Railroad telegraph shorthand for "advance on cost and charges. --US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Jan 19, 2013