tetradynamous
/te-truh-dahy-nuh-muhs/US // ˌtɛ trəˈdaɪ nə məs //UK // (ˌtɛtrəˈdaɪnəməs, -ˈdɪn-) //
四合一的,四合院,四合一,四联体
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Botany.
- : having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
Examples
Herbs, with a pungent watery juice and cruciform tetradynamous flowers; fruit a silique or silicle.
Thus in Cruciferous plants the staminal whorl consists of four long stamens and two short ones (tetradynamous).
The four inner stamens are longer than the two outer; and the stamens are hence collectively described as tetradynamous.
Stamens mostly 6, tetradynamous (two inserted lower and shorter).
Tetradynamous, where a flower has six stamens, two shorter than the four, 101.
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