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‖ -adelphia, suffix Bot.|əˈdɛlfɪə|
[Gr. -αδελϕία (in comb.) brotherhood, f. ἀδελϕός brother.]
Collection of stamens into a bundle; as in the Linnæan class-names Monadelphia, Diadelphia, Polyadelphia.
1858Carpenter Veg. Physiol. §456 The more or less complete union of the filaments of the stamens into bundles, or brotherhoods; on account of which the termination adelphia is applied to the number of such bundles. |