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‖ Octandria Bot.|ɒkˈtændrɪə|
[mod.L. f. Gr. ὀκτώ eight + ἀνδρ- (ἀνήρ) man, male: see -ia1.]
A class in the Linnæan Sexual System, comprising plants with eight stamens. Hence ocˈtander, a plant of this class; ocˈtandrian a., ocˈtandrious a., belonging to this class; ocˈtandrous a., having eight stamens.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Octandria,..a class of plants with hermaphrodite flowers, and eight stamina, or male parts in each. 1828Webster, Octander..Octandrian. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 69 Octandrous genera belonging to this family. 1880E. J. Reed Japan II. 43 The flowers are octandrous. |