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‖ hexandria Bot.|hɛkˈsændrɪə|
[mod.L. (Linnæus 1735), f. Gr. ἕξ six + ἀνδρ-, stem of ἀνήρ man, male, in sense of ‘male organ, stamen’.]
A class of plants in the Sexual System of Linnæus having six (equal) stamens.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Hexandria, in botany..Plants of this class are garlic, hyacinth, etc. 1794Martyn Rousseau's Bot. ix. 88 The sixth class, hexandria, whose beautiful flowers have six stamens.
Hence heˈxander, a plant of the class Hexandria. heˈxandrian, -ious adjs., of or pertaining to that class. heˈxandric, heˈxandrous adjs., having six (equal) stamens.
1828Webster, Hexander, in botany, a plant having six stamens. Hexandrian, having six stamens. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 228 There is a tendency..to become pentandrous, or even hexandrous. 1854Mayne Expos. Lex., Hexandrious, or hexandrous. 1872Oliver Elem. Bot. i. v. 51 Daffodil has..stamens epiphyllous, hexandrous. 1886Syd. Soc. Lex., Hexandric..Hexandrious. |