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androphore

[ an-druh-fawr, -fohr ]

noun

Botany.
  1. a stalk or column supporting the stamens, formed by the fusion of their filaments.

androphore

/ ˈæԻəʊɔː /

noun

  1. botany an extension of the receptacle carrying the androecium and the gynoecium, typical of the caper family ( Capparidaceae ) Also calledandrogynophore
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of androphore1

First recorded in 1815–25; andro- + -phore
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Androphore, a column of united stamens, as in a Mallow.

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