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clinandrium

 
Dictionary: cli·nan·dri·um   (klĭ-năn'drē-əm) pronunciation

n. Botany, pl., -dri·a (-drē-ə).
A hollow containing the anther in the upper part of the column of an orchid flower.

[New Latin clīnandrium : Greek klīnē, couch (from klīnein, to recline) + New Latin -andrium, stamen (from Greek anēr, andr-, man; see -andry).]


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