anandrous

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄνανδρος (ánandros). Equivalent to an- +‎ -androus.

Adjective

anandrous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Lacking stamens; devoid of the male part.
    • 1882, Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Philosophical Society of Adelaide, South Australia, page 108:
      Anandrous flowers eight or nine; their ligular portion white, hardly exceeding one line in length, undivided and acute […]
  2. (figurative, rare) Without a man or a husband.
    anandrous aunts
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