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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having four stamens in two pairs of unequal length.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, in two unequal pairs: applied to flowers having four stamens in two unequal pairs, as most Labiatœ, etc.; specifically, belonging to the class Didynamia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Didynamia; containing four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Of or pertaining to the Didynamia; containing four
stamens disposed inpairs of unequal length.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Didynamia, former class name : di– + Greek dunamis, power; see dynamic.]
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