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androphore

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Etymology

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From andro- +‎ -phore.

Noun

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androphore (plural androphores)

  1. (botany) A support or column on which stamens are raised[1]
  2. (zoology) The part which, in some Siphonophorae, bears the male gonophores.

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References

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  1. ^ Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary [].] Androphore.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, [], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., [], →OCLC.