androecium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The set of a flower's stamens.

Word forms

androecium androecia

Etymology

From New Latin; from andro- + oecium (from Ancient Greek οἰκῐ́ον (oikĭ́on), diminutive of οἶκος (oîkos, “house”)).

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