单词 | polyandria |
释义 | polyandrian.ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > characterized by parts > characterized by stamens, pistils, or sex of flowers > classes based on Triandria1748 heptandria1753 hexandria1753 icosandria1753 Monadelphia1753 Monandria1753 Monoecia1753 Octandria1753 Polyadelphia1753 polyandria1753 Polygamia1753 Pentandria1754 Monogynia1757 Pentagynia1757 Tetradynamia1760 Tetragynia1760 Tetrandria1760 Triœcia1760 Octagynia1765 hexagynia1777 polygynia1865 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Polyandria,..a class of plants with hermaphrodite flowers, and a large number of stamina, or male parts, in each. 1797 Encycl. Brit. X. 479/1 Malaleuca [sic], the Cayputi tree, a genus of the polyandria order, belonging to the polyadelphia class of plants. 1835 J. S. Henslow Princ. Bot. §138. 148 In Icosandria they [sc. the stamens] adhere to the calyx..whilst in Polyandria they are free from the calyx, or are hypogynous. 1861 A. Wood Class Bk. Bot. xii. 167 Class XIII. Polyandria,—twenty or more stamens, hypogynous (Ranunculus, Papaver). 1886 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1008/3 Polyandrous, belonging to the class Polyandria. 2. a. = polyandry n. 1a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > polygamy > polyandry polyandry1680 polyandrism1801 polyandrianism1820 polyandria1866 fraternal polyandry1896 1866 N. Amer. Rev. July 35 Polyandria, however, was not really among the customs of old India. 1894 Littell's Living Age 7 Apr. 42/1 Owing to the scarcity of women folk, polyandria is even now practised in Tibet. 1925 Times 2 Nov. 13/3 Krassikov and Beloborodoff..affirmed..that the new Code would establish ‘polygamy and polyandria pure and simple’. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > female > fact of having more than one male mate polyandry1815 polyandria1876 1876 P. J. Van Beneden Animal Parasites & Messmates 56 It is a case of polyandria [Fr. polyandrie] which we see realized in the Scalpellum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1753 |
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