Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

androphorum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-dropho-rum
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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);"
"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."
"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."

Inflected Forms

androphora (plural)

Synonyms

androphore

Questions

What does androphorum mean?: A stalk-like extension of the center of a flower from which the stamens emerge.

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