androphore

English

Etymology

From andro- +‎ -phore.

Noun

androphore (plural androphores)

  1. (botany) A support or column on which stamens are raised.[1]
    Synonym: androphorum
  2. (zoology) The part which, in some Siphonophorae, bears the male gonophores.

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References

  1. ^ Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary […].] Androphore.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, […], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., […], →OCLC.
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