-androus
Americancombining form
Usage
What does -androus mean? The combining form -androus is used like a suffix meaning “male.” It is very occasionally used in scientific terms, especially in botany. In terms from botany, -androus is used to specifically indicate the number or type of stamens, the pollen-bearing organ of a flower. In some terms, such as polyandrous, the form is used to indicate "husband."The form -androus comes from Latin -andrus, essentially meaning “male.” This suffix, in turn, derives from Greek anḗr, “man.”What are variants of -androus?While -androus doesn’t have any variants, it is related to other combining forms: andro-, andr-, and -andry. Want to know more? Check out our Words that Use articles for each form.
Etymology
Origin of -androus
Example Sentences
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A "streamlined film version" of Louisa May Alcott's novel about life at the Plumfield Farm Boarding School in the late 19th Century, the Polly -androus story would hardly be recognized by Louisa May.
From Time Magazine Archive
Composed of both staminate and pistillate flowers. -androus.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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