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gynandrous

gynandrous adjective: having stamens and pistils together in a column.

Adjective

gynandrous (not comparable)

  1. Having stamens and pistils together in a column.
    • Orchids have gynandrous flowers.
  2. Exhibiting characteristics of both femininity and masculinity. Denotational synonym and connotational antonym of androgynous.

gynandrous meaning in Tamil and Kannada

gynandrous in Tamil

பெண்ணாணகவிணைப்புள்ள

gynandrous in Kannada

ಕೇಸರಸಲಾಕೆ

Origin of gynandrous

From Ancient Greek γύνανδρος (gúnandros, “of doubtful sex, womanish; warlike woman”); equivalent to gyno- (“woman”) + -androus.

Words formed from gynandrous

Questions about gynandrous

What does gynandrous mean?
Gynandrous means having stamens and pistils together in a column.
What is gynandrous in Tamil?
Gynandrous in Tamil is பெண்ணாணகவிணைப்புள்ள. See Gynandrous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gynandrous?
Gynandrous is an adjective.

Words near gynandrous in the dictionary

  1. gynandromorphophilia
  2. gynandromorphous
  3. gynandromorphs
  4. gynandromorphy
  5. gynandrosporous
  6. gynandrous
  7. gynandry
  8. gynantherous
  9. gynarchal
  10. gynarchic
  11. gynarchical

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gynandrous (page history and authors); gynandrous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Gynandrous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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