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A Linnæan class of plants whose stamens are united into two bodies or bundles by their filaments.

Of or pertaining to the class Diadelphia; having the stamens united into two bodies by their filaments (said of a plant or flower); grouped into two bundles or sets by coalescence of the filaments (said of stamens).

A Linnæan class of plants having two stamens.

Of or pertaining to the class Diandria; having two stamens.

dition or constitution, esp. a morbid habit which predisposes to a particular disease, or class of diseases.

Division into two; especially, the division of a class into two subclasses opposed to each other by contradiction, as the division of the term man into white and not white.

An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an apothegm. A class of critical dicta everywhere current. M. Arnold.

A plant with netveined leaves, and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenæ, proposed by Lindley for the orders Dioscoreaceæ, Smilaceæ, Trilliaceæ, etc.

The subclass of Mammalia which includes the marsupials. See Marsupialia.

A Linnæan class of plants having four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.

To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to specialize; to desynonymize. The word then was differentiated into the two forms then and than. Earle. Two or more of the forms assumed by the same original word become d…

To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application; as, to digest the laws, etc. Joining them together and digesting them into order. Blair. We have cause to be glad that matters are so well digested. Shak.

The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration.

A Linnæan class of plants having the stamens and pistils on different plants.

A book containing the names and residences of the inhabitants of any place, or of classes of them; an address book; as, a business directory.

Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; - - said of a subclass of plants. Cf. Calycifloral.

To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.

Separation into parts or classes; arrangement of anything into parts; disposition; classification.

A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom. Cell division (Biol.), a method of cell increase, in which new cells are formed by the division of the parent cell. In this process, the cell nucleus undergoes peculiar differentiations and…

A Linnæan class of plants including all that have any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen.