Dodecagynian.
/ˌdəʊdɪkəˈdʒɪnɪə/ Botany.
An order in some classes of the Linnæan sexual system, comprising plants having either eleven or twelve pistils.
ΚΠ
1762 in W. Hudson Flora Anglica
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. x. 116 Dodecagynia. Twelve pistils.
1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. i. ii. 197.
Derivatives
doˈdecagyn n. a plant of Dodecagynia.
ΚΠ
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Dodecagyn, a plant having twelve pistils.
dodecaˈgynian adj.
ΚΠ
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Dodecagy·nian, having twelve pistils.
dodecaˈgynious adj.
ΚΠ
1883 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Dodecagynious..twelve-pistilled.
dodeˈcagynous adj.
ΚΠ
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Dodecagynous, having twelve styles.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1762