‖ andrœcium Bot.
(ænˈdriːʃɪəm)
[mod.L., f. Gr. ἀνδρο- male + οἰκίον house.]
A name given to the whole of the male organs of a flower.
| 1839 in Lindley Introd. Bot. 172. 1857 Henfrey Elem. Bot. §196 The stamens collectively constitute the andrœcium. 1870 Bentley Bot. 208 The andrœcium constitutes the whorl or whorls of organs situated on the inside of the corolla. |
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Add: Hence anˈdroecial a.
| 1909 in Webster. 1951 G. H. M. Lawrence Taxon. Vascular Plants iv. 68 More recent views..differ in some respects from the..better-known classical theories of androecial origins. 1992 Canad. Jrnl. Bot. LXX. 1775/2 The androecial arrangement with four diagonal (here alternipetalous) stamens is a characteristic with a great predictive value. |