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‖ hexagynia Bot.|hɛksəˈdʒɪnɪə| [mod.Bot. L., f. hexa- + Gr. γυνή woman, female, taken in sense of ‘female organ, pistil’.] In the Sexual System of Linnæus, an order of plants having six pistils. Hence ˈhexagyn, a plant of this order. hexaˈgynian, hexaˈgynious adjs., belonging to this order. hexagynous |hɛkˈsædʒɪnəs| a., having six pistils.
1778Lightfoot Flora Scot. 211 Enneandria, Hexagynia, Butomus. 1828Webster, Hexagyn..Hexagynian. 1854Mayne Expos. Lex., Hexagynious. |