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a. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + kefalh` head. ] Having a human head (upon an animal's body), as the Egyptian sphinx. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ , a. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + E. diœcious. ] (Bot.) Having perfect and staminate flowers on different plants. -- An`dro*di*œ"cism, -di*e"cism n. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + &unr_; house. ] (bot.) The stamens of a flower taken collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a hormone, such as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes development and maintenance of typical male sexual characteristics. They are mostly produced in the testes. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to androgens; having physiological effects like that of an androgen. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ } a. [ L. androgynus, Gr. &unr_;; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + gynh` woman: cf. F. androgyne. ] 1. Uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An hermaphrodite. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) An androgynous plant. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Union of both sexes in one individual; hermaphroditism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling a man. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ Gr. 'androeidh`s of man's form; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + e'i^dos form. ] A machine or automaton in the form of a human being. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. } (Astron.) A meteor appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Andromeda, -- whence the name. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A shower of these meteors takes place every year on November 27th or 28th. The Andromedes are also called Bielids, as they are connected with Biela's comet and move in its orbit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia. When bound to a rock and exposed to a sea monster, she was delivered by Perseus. ] 1. (Astron.) A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (bot.) A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. andron, Gr. 'andrw`n, fr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man. ] (Gr. & Rom. Arch.) The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + pe`talon leaf. ] (Bot.) Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus. Brande. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'androfa`gos; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + fagei^n to eat. ] Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Anthropophagous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + fe`rein to bear. ] 1. (Bot.) A support or column on which stamens are raised. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL.; Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + pw`gwn the beard. ] (Bot.) A very large and important genus of grasses, found in nearly all parts of the world. It includes the lemon grass of Ceylon and the beard grass, or broom sedge, of the United States. The principal subgenus is Sorghum, including Andropogon sorghum and Andropogon halepensis, from which have been derived the Chinese sugar cane, the Johnson grass, the Aleppo grass, the broom corn, and the durra, or Indian millet. Several East Indian species, as Andropogon nardus and Andropogon schœnanthus, yield fragrant oils, used in perfumery. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + sfi`gx sphinx. ] (Egypt. Art.) A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, a man + &unr_; a seed. ] (Bot.) A spore of some algæ, which has male functions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + &unr_; a cutting. Cf. Anatomy. ] Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zoötomy; anthropotomy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, a man. ] (Bot.) A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. banderole, dim. of bandière, bannière, banner; cf. It. banderuola a little banner. See Banner. ] A little banner, flag, or streamer. [ Written also bannerol. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

From the extremity of which fluttered a small banderole or streamer bearing a cross. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Banderole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A machine for spreading out cotton cloths to prepare them for printing. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. décandre. ] (Bot.) Belonging to the Decandria; having ten stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. diandre. ] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the class Diandria; having two stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Dodecandria; having twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Having nine stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An animal affected with gynandromorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. gynh` a woman, female + 'anh`r, 'andro`s, a man, male + morfh` form. ] (Zool.) An abnormal condition of certain animals, in which one side has the external characters of the male, and the other those of the female. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Affected with gynandromorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. gy`nandros of doubtful sex; gynh` a woman + 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man: cf. F. gynandre. ] (Bot.) Having stamens inserted in the pistil; belonging to the class Gynandria. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. heptandre. ] (Bot.) Having seven stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. hexandre. ] (Bot.) Having six stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Pertaining to the class Icosandria; having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Winding; flexuous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the monandria; having but one stamen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a progestin compound used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Octandria; having eight distinct stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Oligo- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, man, male. ] (Bot.) Having few stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the class Pentadria; having five stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Proterandrous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; earlier (fr. &unr_; before) + &unr_;, &unr_;, man, male. ] (Bot.) Having the stamens come to maturity before the pistil; -- opposed to proterogynous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Salamander + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the salamanders. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A division of Amphibia including the Salamanders and allied groups; the Urodela. [ 1913 Webster ]