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‖ hepˈtandria Bot.
[mod.L. (Linnæus 1735), f. Gr. type *ἕπτανδρος, mod.L. heptandr-us, f. hepta- + ἀνδρ- stem of ἀνήρ man, male: cf. Diandria.]
The seventh class in the Sexual System of Linnæus, containing plants having seven stamens. So hepˈtander, a member of the class Heptandria (Webster 1828). hepˈtandrian a., of or belonging to Heptandria (Webster 1828). hepˈtandrous a., having seven stamens.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Heptandria..of this class are the horse-chesnut, etc. 1794Martyn Rousseau's Bot. ix. 88 The flowers of the class heptandria should have seven stamens. 1870Bentley Bot. 246 A flower having seven stamens is Heptandrous. |