octogynia

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octogynia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Octogynia \Oc`to*gyn"i*a\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. 'oktw` eight +
     gynh` a woman, female.] (Bot.)
     A Linnaean order of plants having eight pistils.
     [1913 Webster] Octogynian