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ICOSANDRIA

Volume 11 · 50 words · 1823 Edition

(from εἴκοσι, "twenty," and ἀνδρός, "a man or husband"); the name of the 12th class in Icosandra. Linnaeus's sexual method, consisting of plants with hermaphrodite flowers, which are furnished with 20 or more stamens, that are inserted into the inner side of the calyx or petals. See BOTANY, p. 192.