octandria

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octandria - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Octandria \Oc*tan"dri*a\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'okta- (for
     'oktw` eight) + ?, ?, male, man.] (Bot.)
     A Linnaean class of plants, in which the flowers have eight
     stamens not united to one another or to the pistil.
     [1913 Webster] octandrian