didynamous, a. Bot.
(daɪˈdɪnəməs, dɪd-)
[f. as prec. + -ous.]
Of stamens: Arranged in two pairs of unequal length. Also of a flower or plant: Having four stamens thus arranged; belonging to the Linnæan class Didynamia.
| 1794 Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xxii. 314 The corolla..personate with four didynamous stamens. 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 202 Globularineæ, stamens 4..somewhat didynamous. 1857 Henfrey Bot. 355 Orobanchaceæ..Flowers monopetalous, didynamous. Ibid. 357 A general resemblance exists between the..other didynamous monopetalous Orders. |