GYNANDROUS Definition & Meaning | 亚洲网紅露点

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gynandrous

[ ji-nan-druhs, gahy-, jahy- ]

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adjective

Botany. having stamens and pistils united in a column, as in orchids:
Looking for an example of a gynandrous flower, we were directed to a miltonia in full bloom.
Zoology. having both male and female reproductive organs, especially as a normal condition of the species, but occasionally as an abnormality:
Gynandrous specimens from these butterfly species are not uncommon.

gynandrous

/ d蕭瑟-; d蕭a瑟藞n忙ndr蓹s; 伞a瑟- /

adjective

(of flowers such as the orchid) having the stamens and styles united in a column
hermaphroditic

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Derived Forms

驳测藞苍补苍诲谤测, noun

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gynandrous¹

First recorded in 1760鈥�70; from Greek 驳媒苍补苍诲谤辞蝉 鈥渙f doubtful sex鈥�; gyn-, -androus

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gynandrous¹

C19: from Greek gunandros of uncertain sex, from 驳耻苍脓 woman + 补苍脓谤 man

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Herbs, clearly distinguished by their perfect irregular flowers, with 6-merous perianth adnate to the 1-celled ovary, with innumerable ovules on 3 parietal placent忙, and with either one or two gynandrous stamens, the pollen cohering in masses.

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Stamens only one or two; flower irregular, gynandrous.

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Gynandrous, with stamens borne on, i. e. united with, the pistil, 99.

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Adhesion of stamens to pistils.鈥擳he stamens also may be united to the pistils, as in gynandrous plants.

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gynandromorph gynandry

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