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di⋅dyn⋅a⋅mous

  [dahy-din-uh-muhs]
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–adjective
(of a flower) having four stamens in two pairs of different length.
Origin:
1785–95; < NL Didynam(ia) name of the class (equiv. to di- di- 1 + Gk dýnam(is) power (see dynamic ) + -ia -ia ) + -ous

Related forms:
di⋅dyn⋅a⋅my, noun
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di·dyn·a·mous   (dī-dĭn'ə-məs)   
adj.  Having four stamens in two pairs of unequal length.

[From New Latin Didynamia, former class name : di-1 + Greek dunamis, power; see dynamic.]
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Didynamous

Di*dyn"a*mous\, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Didynamia; containing four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.
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