decagynous

adj. Bot. having ten pistils.
Etymology: mod.L decagynus (as DECA-, Gk gune woman)

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decagynˈian or decagynous /-ajˈ/ adjective

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Main Entry: ↑Decagynia

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decagynous, a. Bot.

(dɪˈkædʒɪnəs)

[f. mod.Bot. L. decagyn-us, f. Gr. δέκα ten + γυνή woman, female, taken by Linnæus in sense of ‘female organ, pistil’.]

Having ten pistils.

So decaˈgynia, a name for an order of plants having ten pistils, in a class of the Linnæan Sexual System, as class Decandria, order Decagynia, genus Phytolacca: see Linnæus Spec. Plant. ed. 1, 1753, Colin Milne Bot. Dict. 1770.