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Perfect :: Perfect (a.) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower.

Pin-eyed :: Pin-eyed (a.) Having the stigma visible at the throad of a gamopetalous corolla, while the stamens are concealed in the tube; -- said of dimorphous flowers. The opposite of thrum-eyed..

Synomocy :: Synoecious (a.) Having stamens and pistil in the same head, or, in mosses, having antheridia and archegonia on the same receptacle..

Test :: Test (v. i.) To make a testament, or will..

Staminiferous :: Stamineous (a.) Of or pertaining to the stamens; possessing stamens; also, attached to the stamens; as, a stamineous nectary..

Orchidaceous :: Orchidaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order (Orchidaceae) of endogenous plants of which the genus Orchis is the type. They are mostly perennial herbs having the stamens and pistils united in a single column, and normally three petals and three sepals, all adherent to the ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, often resembling insects, the odd or lower petal (called the lip) being unlike the others, and sometimes of a strange and unexpected appearance. About one hundred spec

Job :: Job (n.) The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man.

Icosandrous :: Icosandrous (a.) Pertaining to the class Icosandria; having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.

Androphore :: Androphore (n.) A support or column on which stamens are raised.

Cursive :: Cursive (n.) A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; -- opposed to uncial..

Octapla :: Octapla (sing.) A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3d century, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it, arranged in eight parallel columns..

Lepal :: Lepal (n.) A sterile transformed stamen.

Staminode :: Staminiferous (a.) Bearing or having stamens.

Diandria :: Diandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having two stamens.

Adelphia :: Adelphia (n.) A brotherhood, or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc..

Antipetalous :: Antipetalous (a.) Standing before a petal, as a stamen..

Hex-androus :: Hex-androus (a.) Having six stamens.

Polyadelphous :: Polyadelphous (a.) Belonging to the class Polyadelphia; having stamens united in three or more bundles.

Perigynous :: Perigynous (a.) Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on the calyx; -- said of flower such as that of the cherry or peach..

Semidouble :: Semidouble (a.) Having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect; -- said of a flower..

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