didynamous

English

corolla of Digitalis purpurea, showing the didynamous configuration of stamens

Etymology

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Adjective

didynamous (not comparable)

1. (botany) Of or pertaining to the Didynamia; containing four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.

References

• didynamous at OneLook Dictionary Search
• didynamous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• didynamous on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for didynamous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)