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anandrous

anandrous adjective: lacking stamens; devoid of the male part.

Adjective

anandrous (not comparable)

  1. Lacking stamens; devoid of the male part.
    • Anandrous flowers eight or nine; their ligular portion white, hardly exceeding one line in length, undivided and acute […]1882, Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Philosophical Society of Adelaide, South Australia, page 108
  2. (figuratively, rare) Without a man or a husband.
    • anandrous aunts

Origin of anandrous

From Ancient Greek ἄνανδρος (ánandros). Equivalent to an- + -androus.

Questions about anandrous

What does anandrous mean?
Anandrous means lacking stamens; devoid of the male part.
What part of speech is anandrous?
Anandrous is an adjective.

Words near anandrous in the dictionary

  1. anandamides
  2. Anandi
  3. anandite
  4. Anando
  5. anandria
  6. anandrous
  7. Anands
  8. Anang
  9. anangea
  10. anangeon
  11. anangeons

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