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‖ Tetradynamia Bot.|ˌtɛtrədɪˈneɪmɪə|
[mod.L. (Linnæus, 1735), f. Gr. τετρα- tetra- + δύναµ-ις power, strength + -ia1: cf. Didynamia.]
The fifteenth class in the Linnæan Sexual System, comprising plants which bear hermaphrodite flowers with six stamens in pairs, four of which are longer than the others; corresponding to the N.O. Cruciferæ. Hence tetradyˈnamian a., = Tetradynamous; n., a plant of the class Tetradynamia; tetradyˈnamious, tetraˈdynamous adjs., of or pertaining to this class; having four longer and two shorter stamens.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. ii. (1765) 74 Tetradynamia... There are in the Flowers of this Class six Stamina, four of which are longer than the rest. 1785Martyn Rousseau's Bot. ix. (1794) 92 Tetradynamia is..one of your first acquaintance under the gentler appellation of cruciform flowers. 1828Webster, Tetradynamian. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 20 The stamens are occasionally tetradynamous. 1860Mayne Expos. Lex., Tetradynamious, or tetradynamous. |