| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| androecium |
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| SYLLABICATION: | an·droe·ci·um |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n-dr  sh- m, -shm |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. an·droe·ci·a (-sh-, -sh)
The stamens of a flower considered as a group. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin : andr(o)– + Greek oikion, diminutive of oikos, house; see weik-1 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | an·droecial (-shl) —ADJECTIVE
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