androphore
noun
an·dro·phore
plural -s
1
: the stalk or column supporting the stamens in certain flowers
2
: a branch bearing antheridia in fungi
3
: a generative bud or modified medusa in coelenterates in which only male elements are developed : a male gonophore
Word History
Etymology
French, from andr- + -phore
First Known Use
1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- pantomimes
- pantomimic
- pantomiming
- pantomimist
- pantomimists
- Pantomorus
- pantonal
- pantonalism
- pantonality
- pantons
- pantophagists
- pantophagous
- Pantophthalmidae
- Pantopoda
- pantopragmatics
- pantos
- pantoscopes
- pantothenate
- pantothenates
- pantothenic acid
- pantothens
- pantothere
- Pantotheria
- pantotheriae
- pantotherian