anandrous
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἄνανδρος (ánandros). Equivalent to an- + -androus.
Adjective
[edit]anandrous (not comparable)
- (botany) Lacking stamens; devoid of the male part.
- 1882, Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Philosophical Society of Adelaide, South Australia, page 108:
- Anandrous flowers eight or nine; their ligular portion white, hardly exceeding one line in length, undivided and acute […]
- (figurative, rare) Without a man or a husband.
- anandrous aunts
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