Dodecandrian.
/dəʊdɪˈkandrɪə/ Botany.
The eleventh class in the sexual system of Linnæus, comprising plants having from twelve to nineteen stamens not cohering.
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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Dodecandria..a class of plants which have hermaphrodite flowers, with twelve stamina or male parts in each.
1762 in W. Hudson Flora Anglica
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. ix. 94 The eleventh class..contains those which have twelve; and is therefore entitled Dodecandria.
Derivatives
dodeˈcander n. a plant of the class Dodecandria.
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1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Dodecander, a plant having twelve stamens; one of the class dodecandria. But this class includes all plants that have any number of stamens, or from twelve to nineteen inclusive. Linne.
dodeˈcandrian adj. belonging to that class.
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1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Dodecandrian, pertaining to the plants or class of plants that have twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen. Lee.
dodeˈcandrous adj. having twelve stamens.
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1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. 40 Lythrum..Flowers spiked, dodecandrous.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. 254 A flower having Twelve stamens is Dodecandrous.
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