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didynamous definition

di·dyna·mous (dī din′ə məs)

adjective

of or having four stamens occurring in pairs of unequal length

Etymology: < ModL didynamia, coined (1735) by Carolus Linnaeus < Gr di- (see di-) + dynamis, power (see dynamic), for a former class of plants, in reference to the two stamens of greater length + -ous

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