DIPLOSTEMONOUS


Meaning of DIPLOSTEMONOUS in English

— diplostemony , n.

/dip'leuh stee"meuh neuhs, -stem"euh-/ , adj. Bot.

having two whorls of stamens, with the outer whorl opposite the sepals and the inner whorl opposite the petals.

[ 1865-70; DIPLO- + Gk stémon- (s. of stémôn ) the warp (see STAMEN) + -OUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .