‖ Dodecandria Bot.
(dəʊdɪˈkændrɪə)
[mod.L. (Linnæus 1735), f. Gr. δώδεκα twelve + ἀνδρ-, stem of ἀνήρ man, male: see Decandria.]
The eleventh class in the sexual system of Linnæus, comprising plants having from twelve to nineteen stamens not cohering.
| 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Dodecandria..a class of plants which have hermaphrodite flowers, with twelve stamina or male parts in each. 1762 in Hudson Flora Anglica. 1794 Martyn Rousseau's Bot. ix. 89. |
Hence dodeˈcander, a plant of the class Dodecandria; dodeˈcandrian a., belonging to that class; dodeˈcandrous a., having twelve stamens.
| 1806 J. Galpine Brit. Bot. 40 Lythrum..Flowers spiked, dodecandrous. 1828 Webster, Dodecander, Dodecandrian, [cited from Lee]. 1870 Bentley Bot. 246 A flower having 12 stamens is Dodecandrous. |