- Didynamous
- Didynamous Di*dyn"a*mous, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Didynamia; containing four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length. [1913 Webster]
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didynamous — [dī din′ə məs] adj. [< ModL didynamia, coined (1735) by LINNAEUS Carolus < Gr di (see DI 1) + dynamis, power (see DYNAMIC), for a former class of plants, in reference to the two stamens of greater length + OUS] of or having four stamens… … English World dictionary
didynamous — didynamy, n. /duy din euh meuhs/, adj. (of a flower) having four stamens in two pairs of different length. [1785 95; < NL Didynam(ia) name of the class (equiv. to di DI 1 + Gk dýnam(is) power (see DYNAMIC) + ia IA) + OUS] * * * … Universalium
didynamous — di·dyn·a·mous … English syllables
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Didynamian — Did y*na mi*an, a. Didynamous. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scrophulariaceous — Scroph u*la ri*a ceous, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of gamopetalous plants ({Scrophulariace[ae]}, or {Scrophularine[ae]}), usually having irregular didynamous flowers and a two celled pod. The order includes the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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