Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The second class in the Linnean system of plants, comprehending all genera with perfect flowers having only two stamens, which are free and distinct.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants having two stamens.
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For example, a flower having but one stamen was classed as monandria which means, literally, one husband; one having two stamens was classified as diandria; flowers having a large number of male organs were termed polyandria, or many husbands.
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