adelphous

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From Ancient Greek ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother”) +‎ -ous.

adelphous (not comparable)

1. (botany) Having coalescent or clustered filaments[19th century].

   adelphous stamens

Often used with a number, e.g. a 5-adelphous stamen is one with filaments formed in five separate clusters.

• diadelphous
• monadelphous
• polyadelphous
• triadelphous

• “adelphous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.