diandrous, a.
(daɪˈændrəs)
Also 8 -ious.
[f. mod.L. diandrus (see prec. and monandrous).]
1. Bot. Belonging to the class Diandria; two-stamened.
| 1770 Gray Lett. Wks. 1884 III. 383 Sage-tea..is a poly⁓dynamious plant, take my word; though your Linnaeus would persuade us it is merely diandrious. 1806 J. Galpine Brit. Bot. 38 Bromus..flor. lanceolate, nerved, furrowed, diandrous. 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 229 Irregular diandrous or didynamous stamens. |
2. Zool. Having two male mates.
| 1885 C. Trotter in Academy 6 June 395/3 He also records a polyandrous, or rather diandrous, species among the birds. |