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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ANDROECIUM

From New Latin, from andro- + Greek oikion a little house.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ANDROECIUM

androecium  [ænˈdriːsɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANDROECIUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Androecium is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANDROECIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of androecium in the English dictionary

The definition of androecium in the dictionary is the stamens of a flowering plant collectively.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANDROECIUM


aecium
ˈiːsɪəm
americium
ˌæməˈrɪsɪəm
amphithecium
ˌæmfɪˈθiːsɪəm
apothecium
ˌæpəˈθiːsɪəm
axiom
ˈæksɪəm
calcium
ˈkælsɪəm
coliseum
ˌkɒlɪˈsɪəm
colosseum
ˌkɒləˈsɪəm
dysprosium
dɪsˈprəʊsɪəm
francium
ˈfrænsɪəm
gynaecium
ɡaɪˈniːsɪəm
gynecium
dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm
gynoecium
dʒaɪˈniːsɪəm
lyceum
laɪˈsɪəm
paramaecium
ˌpærəˈmiːsɪəm
paramecium
ˌpærəˈmiːsɪəm
paramoecium
ˌpærəˈmiːsɪəm
perithecium
ˌpɛrɪˈθiːsɪəm
potassium
pəˈtæsɪəm
silicium
sɪˈlɪsɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANDROECIUM

androcentrism
androcephalous
Androcles
androclinia
androclinium
Androclus
androdioecious
androdioecism
androecia
androecial
androgen
androgenesis
androgenetic
androgenic
androgenous
androgyne
androgynophore
androgynous
androgyny
android

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANDROECIUM

aluminium
aquarium
at a premium
Belgium
copernicium
endothecium
hieracium
indicium
lawrencium
lithium
lutecium
medium
millennium
premium
sodium
stadium
symposium
titanium
zooecium
zoothecium

Synonyms and antonyms of androecium in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «androecium» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANDROECIUM

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The translations of androecium from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «androecium» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

雄蕊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

androceo
570 millions of speakers

English

androecium
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुंकेसर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عطيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

андроцей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

androceu
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এন্ড্রসিয়াম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

androcée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Androecium
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Androeceum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

雄蘂群
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

androecium
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Androecium
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

androecium
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆணகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एंड्रॉसीम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

androecium
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

androceo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

androecium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

андроцей
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

androecium
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

androecium
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

andresium
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

androecium
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

androecium
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of androecium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANDROECIUM»

The term «androecium» is normally little used and occupies the 133.411 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANDROECIUM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «androecium» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «androecium» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about androecium

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANDROECIUM»

Discover the use of androecium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to androecium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Morphology of Flowers and Inflorescences
We can assume with reasonable justification that the diplostemonous androecium of many families has arisen by the reduction of the number of primordia from this spiral-polymerous androecium, and by making it cyclic, and from this in many ...
Focko Weberling, 1992
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Impatiens of Africa
The androecium is rather uniform. The five stamens are fused in the upper half into a zygomorphic structure with the anthers held close together around the ovary and projecting slightly forwards and downwards so as to act as a brush against ...
Walter Wittke University of Aachen (Aquisgrán), 1980
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Diversity and Evolutionary Biology of Tropical Flowers
2.3 Androecium 2.3.1 Structure and function The androecium consists of the male functional organs, the stamens, and sometimes additional sterile organs derived from them, the staminodes. Stamens are relatively uniform, so their delimitation ...
‎1996
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The Biodiversity of African Plants
Variation in the composition of the androecium in this genus can be quite bewildering. The androecium may comprise of five, four or two parts (Figure 3). There are always two fertile stamens and the balance of the androecial complement is ...
L.J.G. Van der Maesen, X.M. van der Burgt, J.M. van Medenbach de Rooy, 1996
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Data Integration in the Life Sciences: First International ...
"Q Androecium (51) El _,_1Andror;wnophoreI52) 3 O Androecium (51) ; El _, _1Androphore{55} . O Androecium (51) El _,_1 Column I156} 3 1----O Androecium (51) § El _,J] Gynoslemium (271) 3 G Androecium[51) Antlrcphcre El ---__1 Flower ...
Erhard Rahm, 2004
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Floral Diagrams: An Aid to Understanding Flower Morphology ...
In Molluginaceae sensu stricto (including Mollugo, Adenogramma, Pharnaceum, among others) the androecium consists generally of five stamens alternating with the sepals. In Mollugo the number of stamens ranges from five (M. cerviana) to ...
Louis P. Ronse De Craene, 2010
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Angiosperms
Distribution, Vegetative Characters, Habit, Leaves, Inflorescence, Flowers, Perianth, Androecium, Gynoecium, Fruit, Pollination, Economic Importance. 10. Rosaceae 229—234 Distribution, Vegetative Characters, Habit, Root, Stem, Leaves, ...
Pooja, 2004
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Achiever's Biology
Runners are modified (a) roots (b) stems (c) leaves (d) flowers 16. During layering roots develop from the (a) xylem (b) phloem (c) cambium (d) epidermis 17. Units of the androecium are called (a) stamens (b) anthers (c) filaments (d) stigma 18 ...
9
Flowers on the Tree of Life
After anthesis, the calyx is persistent in all genera, while the corolla and androecium are persistent only in Tetradiclis, but caducous in Nitraria and Peganum (this study; Baillon, 1873; Noble and Whalley, 1978; Ronse De Craene and Smets, ...
Livia Wanntorp, Louis P. Ronse De Craene, 2011
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The Anther: Form, Function, and Phylogeny
These modifications include the actual number of fertile anthers in the androecium and the way in which the anthers dehisce (Figs. 7, 8). The variation of anther characters in Hibbertia sensu stricto makes a useful model to understand the ...
William G. D'Arcy, Richard C. Keating, 1996

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANDROECIUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term androecium is used in the context of the following news items.
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General Science Bullet - Common terminologies used in Botany …
Androecium: It is part of flower (third whorl) that contains male reproductive structures called a stamen. 11. Gynoecium: This part (innermost ... «PaGaLGuY, Jun 15»
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Pikes/Pines | Flowering Capitol Hill
In a complete flower, stamens, collectively known as androecium (roughly translated from greek: the man's house), consist of pollen producing ... «CHS Capitol Hill Seattle, Jul 14»
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Cuomo lends support to solving charter school space issue with …
Pingback: adipolytic androecium barramundi(). Pingback: plomberie paris(). Pingback: kardiotel.eu(). Pingback: pixelitas.com(). Pingback: best ... «Chalkbeat New York, Mar 14»
4
Homosexual behaviour is natural in the animal and plant kingdoms.
Bisexual or perfect flowers have both male (androecium) and female (gynoecium) reproductive structures, including stamens, carpels, and an ... «News24, Aug 12»
5
Practical examinations too count for students of science
... include checking the heart beat using a stethoscope, calculating the body mass index, dissection and display of androecium and gynoecium, ... «The Hindu, Nov 11»

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