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Webster 1913 Edition


Diadelphous

{

Diˊa-del′phi-an

,

Diˊa-del′phous

, }
Adj.
[Cf. F.
diadelphe
.]
(Bot.)
Of or pertaining to the class Diadelphia; having the stamens united into two bodies by their filaments (said of a plant or flower); grouped into two bundles or sets by coalescence of the filaments (said of stamens).

Definition 2024


diadelphous

diadelphous

English

Adjective

diadelphous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Having its stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form two separate bundles, or a bundle and a lone separate stamen.

Usage notes

  • Said of either a flower of a plants bearing such flowers.