Androphorum

Quick meaning: Androphorum is a noun meaning (botany) A stalk-like extension of the center of a flower from which the stamens emerge.

Meaning

(botany) A stalk-like extension of the center of a flower from which the stamens emerge.

Example Sentences

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);

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.

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.

Word Forms

• androphora

Synonyms for androphorum

Depending on context, synonyms include androphore.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include androphore, androgynophore, androecium, andropetal, anther, filament.

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