Tetradynamia

plural noun

Tet·​ra·​dy·​nam·​ia

-də̇ˈ-,

-nām-

in former classifications

: a class of higher plants comprising all plants having tetradynamous stamens

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from tetra- + Greek dynamis power + New Latin -ia

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