Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stalk supporting an andrœcium.
 - noun In botany, a stamineal column, usually formed by a union of the filaments, as in the Malvaceæ and in many genera of Leguminosæ.
 - noun   In zoology, the branch of a gonoblastidium of a hydrozoan which bears male gonophores; a generative bud or medusiform zooid in which the male elements only are developed, as distinguished from a gynophore or female gonophore. See 
gynophore , and cut undergonoblastidium . 
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A support or column on which stamens are raised.
 - noun (Zoöl.) The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.
 
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany  A 
support orcolumn on whichstamens are raised. - noun zoology  The part which, in some 
Siphonophora , bears themale gonophores . 
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek, from words meaning "man" and "to bear".
			
		
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