Word.ws English Dictionary

tetradelphous

tetradelphous adjective: having its stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form four separate groups, some of which may contain a single stamen.

Adjective

tetradelphous (not comparable)

  1. Having its stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form four separate groups, some of which may contain a single stamen.

Origin of tetradelphous

From tetra- + Ancient Greek ἀδελφός (adelphós) + -ous.

Questions about tetradelphous

What does tetradelphous mean?
Tetradelphous means having its stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form four separate groups, some of which may contain a single stamen.
What part of speech is tetradelphous?
Tetradelphous is an adjective.

Words near tetradelphous in the dictionary

  1. tetradecimals
  2. tetradecyl
  3. tetradecyls
  4. tetradecyltrimethylammonium
  5. tetradecyne
  6. tetradelphous
  7. tetradelphy
  8. tetradentate
  9. tetradepsipeptide
  10. tetradepsipeptides
  11. tetradeuterated

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tetradelphous (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “tetradelphous.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/tetradelphous. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.