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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, having the stamens more or less coalescent in three sets: said of an andrœcium.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Having stamens joined by filaments into three bundles. See Illust. under adelphous.

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  • adjective botany Having its stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form three separate groups, some of which may contain a lone stamen.

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