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Androphore

An′dro-phore

(ăn′drō̍-fōr)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
ἀνήρ
,
ἀνδρός
, man +
φέρειν
to bear.]
1.
(Bot.)
A support or column on which stamens are raised.
Gray.
2.
(Zool.)
The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.

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androphore

androphore

English

Noun

androphore (plural androphores)

  1. (botany) A support or column on which stamens are raised.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Gray to this entry?)
  2. (zoology) The part which, in some Siphonophora, bears the male gonophores.

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