"Oligandrous" is a word in ENGLISH
Having few stamens.
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Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc.
Read the complete definitionA \"brotherhood,\" or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, …
Read the complete definitionHaving coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous.
Read the complete definitionCongenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals.
Read the complete definitionDestitute of stamens, as certain female flowers.
Read the complete definitionThe stamens of a flower taken collectively.
Read the complete definitionProduced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus.
Read the complete definitionA support or column on which stamens are raised.
Read the complete definitionHaving the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.
Read the complete definitionA terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens.
Read the complete definitionHaving the number of floral organs unequal, as four petals and six stamens.
Read the complete definitionHaving unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals.
Read the complete definitionThat part of the stamen containing the pollen, or fertilizing dust, which, when mature, is emitted for the impregnation of …
Read the complete definitionStanding before a petal, as a stamen.
Read the complete definitionOf both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes.
Read the complete definitionHaving the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system …
Read the complete definitionHaving the petals held together by stamens, which grow to their bases, as in the mallow.
Read the complete definitionThe absence or suppression of the essential organs (stamens and pistil) in a flower.
Read the complete definitionA filament of a stamen.
Read the complete definitionThe body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in …
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