polyadelphous
/ˌpɒlɪəˈdɛlfəs/Botany
adjective
Of stamens: partially united by their filaments into three or more groups. Formerly also: †(in the Linnaean artificial system) characteristic of or belonging to the class Polyadelphia ( obsolete ).
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in John Abercrombie (1726–1806), horticulturist and writer. From polyadelph- + -ous. Compare Hellenistic Greek πολυάδελϕος having many brothers.
- Donne, John
- Donner Pass
- donnish
- donnishly
- donnishness
- donnybrook
- donné
- donnée
- donor
- donor card
- donor fatigue
- do not adjust your set
- do-nothing
- donothingism
- donothingness
- Don Quixote
- donship
- don't
- don't ask me!
- don't call us, we'll call you
- don't-care
- don't-careish
- don't-careishness
- don't-carish
- don't-carishness