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(botany) A stalk-like extension of the center of a flower from which the stamens emerge..
When all the stamina are united into two androphora; in other words, when their filaments are united into two distinct bodies, they are said to be Diadelphous (St. diadelpha);
Flower of a malvacea: a, the calyx; b, the corolla; c, the stamens united in a tubular androphorum (from the Greek aner, man, or in Botany, a stamen, and pherein to bear—a columnar expansion of the centre of the flower upon which the stamens seem to grow;) d, the stigmata.
In Couroupita (Plate XXXIII. b), as in the following genera, we find a floral structure analogous in its peculiarities to that of Gustavia, but offering a different appearance, owing to a modification in the form of its singular androphorum.
Use androphorum when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Androphorum means (botany) A stalk-like extension of the center of a flower from which the stamens emerge..
Common synonyms include androphore.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
When all the stamina are united into two androphora; in other words, when their filaments are united into two distinct bodies, they are said to be Diadelphous (St. diadelpha);
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