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Tetradelphy vs Adelphy - What's the difference?

tetradelphy | adelphy | Derived terms |

Tetradelphy is a derived term of adelphy.


In botany|lang=en terms the difference between tetradelphy and adelphy

is that tetradelphy is (botany) presence of tetradelphous stamen while adelphy is (botany) fusion of stamen filaments.

As nouns the difference between tetradelphy and adelphy

is that tetradelphy is (botany) presence of tetradelphous stamen while adelphy is (botany) fusion of stamen filaments.

tetradelphy

English

Noun

(-)
  • (botany) Presence of tetradelphous stamen.

    • adelphy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (botany) Fusion of stamen filaments.

    • Usage notes

    * Above five groups of fused stamens, (term) is preceded with the numeral.

    Derived terms

    * monadelphy, monadelphous * diadelphy, diadelphous * triadelphy, triadelphous * tetradelphy, tetradelphous * pentadelphy, pentadelphous * polyadelphy, polyadelphous