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diadelphous
[ dahy-uh-del-fuhs ]
adjective
Botany.
- (of stamens) united into two sets by their filaments.
- (of plants) having the stamens so united.
diadelphous
/ ˌ岹ɪəˈɛə /
adjective
- (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
- (of flowers) having diadelphous stamens
diadelphous
/ ī′ə-ĕ′ə /
- Gathered into two groups or bundles of equal or different number. The stamens of certain flowers, such as those of some members of the bean family, are diadelphous.
- Having stamens so arranged.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of diadelphous1
First recorded in 1800–10; di- 1 + -adelphous
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of diadelphous1
C19: from di- 1+ Greek adelphos brother
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Example Sentences
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Petals free from the diadelphous stamens; standard ovate or roundish, its claw often remote from the others; wings obovate or oblong; keel incurved.
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Stamens diadelphous or sometimes monadelphous.
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Filaments monadelphous below in a tube which is adherent to the corolla, diadelphous at the summit.—A climbing biennial, with thrice-pinnate leaves, cut-lobed delicate leaflets, and ample panicles of drooping white or purplish flowers.
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Stamens diadelphous in two sets of 5 each.
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Stamens diadelphous, 9 and 1, or monadelphous below.
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