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A class of plants in the Linnaean system, whose stamens grow out of, or are united with, the pistil.

Having stamens inserted in the pistil; belonging to the class Gynandria.

Pertaining to an abnormal condition of the flower, in which the stamens are converted into pistils. A. Brown.

The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower. Lindley.

story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament. [Written also hadaga.]

The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, or that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets. It comprises Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.

Having but one series of stamens, and that equal in number to the proper number of petals; isostemonous.

A tree (Ochroma Laqopus) of the West Indies, having the stamens united somewhat in the form of a hare's foot. Harefoot clover (Bot.), a species of clover (Trifolium arvense) with soft and silky heads.

In a Hebraistic sense or form. Which is Hebraistically used in the New Testament. Kitto.

A Linnæan class of plants having seven stamens.

Having seven stamens.

The first seven books of the Testament.

or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the inver…

The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers which differ in regard to stamens and pistils, as in the aster.

The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers, different as to the length of their stamens and pistils.

A Linnæan class of plants having six stamens.

Having six stamens.

six languages or six versions in parallel columns; particularly, the edition of the Old Testament published by Origen, in the 3d century.

The first six books of the Old Testament.

Having all the flowers of a plant alike in respect to the stamens and pistils.