Androecium Definition

ăn-drēshē-əm, -shəm
androecia
noun
The stamens of a flower considered as a group.
American Heritage
The stamens and the parts belonging to them, collectively; all the microsporophylls of a flower.
Webster's New World

(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.

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Other Word Forms of Androecium

Noun

Singular:
androecium
Plural:
androecia

Origin of Androecium

  • New Latin andr(o)– Greek oikion diminutive of oikos house weik-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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