Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The first class in Linnæus's system of plants, comprehending all genera with perfect flowers having only one stamen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants embracing those having but a single stamen.
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Examples
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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.
Plain Facts for Old and Young John Harvey Kellogg 1897
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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.
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877
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