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, -sē-əm \ , -sē-ə \Definition of androecium
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“Androecium.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/androecium. Accessed 26 January 2020.
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The first known use of androecium was circa 1836
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