Stamens
111male- — a combining form meaning evil, occurring in loanwords from Latin: malediction. Cf. mal . [ L; see MAL ] * * * male «mayl», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a man or boy; male human being. Males belong to the sex that, when mature, produce sperm. 2. any… …
112male´ness — male «mayl», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a man or boy; male human being. Males belong to the sex that, when mature, produce sperm. 2. any animal of the same sex as a man or boy. A rooster is a male. 3. a) a flower having a stamen or stamens but no… …
113stam|i|nate — «STAM uh niht, nayt», adjective. 1. having stamens but no pistils. 2. having a stamen or stamens; producing stamens. ╂[< New Latin staminatus < Latin stāminātus < stāmen, inis stamen] …
114acnodes — Double Dou ble (d[u^]b l), a. [OE. doble, duble, double, OF. doble, duble, double, F. double, fr. L. duplus, fr. the root of duo two, and perh. that of plenus full; akin to Gr. diplo os double. See {Two}, and {Full}, and cf. {Diploma}, {Duple}.]… …
115Adelphous — A*del phous, a. [Gr. adelfo s brother.] (Bot.) Having coalescent or clustered filaments; said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous. Gray. [1913 Webster] …
116androus — *an drous [Gr. anh r, andro s, a man.] (Bot.) A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens. [1913 Webster] …
117Animal flower — Flower Flow er (flou [ e]r), n. [OE. flour, OF. flour, flur, flor, F. fleur, fr. L. flos, floris. Cf. {Blossom}, {Effloresce}, {Floret}, {Florid}, {Florin}, {Flour}, {Flourish}.] 1. In the popular sense, the bloom or blossom of a plant; the showy …
118Anisostemonous — An i*so*stem o*nous, a. [Gr. ? unequal + ? warp, thread; ? to stand.] (Bot.) Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals. [1913 Webster] …
119Attached column — Column Col umn, n. [L. columna, fr. columen, culmen, fr. cellere (used only in comp.), akin to E. excel, and prob. to holm. See {Holm}, and cf. {Colonel}.] 1. (Arch.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling,… …
120Barren — Bar ren (b[a^]r ren), a. [OE. barein, OF. brehaing, fem. brehaigne, baraigne, F. br[ e]haigne; of uncertain origin; cf. Arm. br[ e]kha[ n], markha[ n], sterile; LL. brana a sterile mare, principally in Aquitanian and Spanish documents; Bisc.… …
