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单词 didynamous
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didynamous

[ dahy-din-uh-muhs ]
/ daɪˈdɪn ə məs /

adjective

(of a flower) having four stamens in two pairs of different length.

Origin of didynamous

1785–95; <New Latin Didynam(ia) name of the class (equivalent to di-di-1 + Greek dýnam(is) power (see dynamic) + -ia-ia) + -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM didynamous

di·dyn·a·my, noun

Words nearby didynamous

didymalgia, didymitis, didymium, didymous, didymus, didynamous, die, die away, dieback, dieb. alt., dieb. secund.
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Example sentences from the Web for didynamous

  • Didynamous (stamens), having four stamens in two pairs, 100.

    The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray
  • Stamens 4, didynamous, inserted on the tube of the corolla; anthers 2-celled, persistent.

    The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray

British Dictionary definitions for didynamous

didynamous
/ (daɪˈdɪnəməs) /

adjective

(of plants) having four stamens arranged in two pairs of unequal length, as in the foxglove

Word Origin for didynamous

C18: from New Latin Didynamia name of former class, from di- 1 + Greek dunamis power, referring to the greater strength of the two long stamens
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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