-androus

-androus
comb. form Bot. forming adjectives meaning 'having specified male organs or stamens' (monandrous).
Etymology: mod.L f. Gk -andros f. aner andros male + -OUS

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\\|andrəs, |aan-\ adjective combining form
Etymology: New Latin -andrus, from Greek -andros having (such or so many) men, from andr-, anēr man (male person) — more at andr-
: having (such or so many) stamens

monandrous

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a combining form meaning "male," occurring as final element of a compound word: polyandrous.
[ < NL -andrus. See ANDR-, -OUS]

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comb. form Botany & Zoology having male organs or stamens of a specified number

monandrous | protandrous

Origin:
based on modern Latin -andrus, from Greek -andros, from andros, genitive of anēr ‘man’

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-androus, suffix of adjs.,
f. mod.L. -andr-us (a. Gr. -ανδρος adj. ending, f. ἀνδρ- stem of ἀνήρ man) + -ous. Used in Bot. as = ‘having..male organs or stamens’; as in tri-androus having three stamens, polyandrous having many stamens, gynandrous having stamens situated on the pistil.

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  • androus — *an drous [Gr. anh r, andro s, a man.] (Bot.) A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • -androus — [an′drəs] [< Gr anēr: see ANDRO ] combining form forming adjectives having stamens [monandrous] …   English World dictionary

  • -androus — a combining form meaning male, occurring as final element of a compound word: polyandrous. [ < NL andrus. See ANDR , OUS] * * * …   Universalium

  • -androus — combining form Botany having male organs or stamens of a specified number: polyandrous. Origin from mod. L. andrus, from Gk andros male + ous …   English new terms dictionary

  • -androus — an·drous …   English syllables

  • -androus — aff. a combining form meaning “having husbands” or “having stamens” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: polyandrous[/ex] • Etymology: < Gk andros, adj. der. ofanḗr. See andro , ous …   From formal English to slang

  • -androus — a word element meaning male , as in polyandrous. {New Latin andrus, from Greek andros of a man} …  

  • Hex-androus — Hexandrian Hex*an dri*an, Hex androus Hex an drous, a. [Cf. F. hexandre.] (Bot.) Having six stamens. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • -andry — aff. a combining form occurring in nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in androus: polyandry[/ex] • Etymology: < Gk andria. See androus, y III …   From formal English to slang

  • isandrous — (ˈ)ī|sandrəs also (ˈ)ī|za adjective Etymology: is + androus : having the stamens similar and equal in number to the petals * * * /uy san dreuhs/, adj. Bot. having the stamens similar to each other and equal in number to the petals. [IS + ANDROUS] …   Useful english dictionary

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