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‖ Octogynia Bot.|ɒktəʊˈdʒɪnɪə|
Also octa-.
[mod.L., f. Gr. ὀκτώ eight + γυνή woman, female + -ia.]
An order in several classes of plants in the Linnæan System, comprising those with eight pistils. Hence octoˈgynious, ocˈtogynous adjs., belonging to this order; having eight pistils.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. xiv. (1765) 100 Octogynia. 1846Worcester, Octogynous, having eight styles. Loudon. 1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Octagynious. 1880Gray Struct. Bot. 422/1 With Octagynous (eight-styled) flowers. |