gynandrous
/dʒaɪˈnændrəs/
adjective
- Having the stamens (male parts) and pistils (female parts) united in a single column, as in orchids; also used more broadly to describe plants with male and female structures fused together.
- Botany students examined the gynandrous column of the orchid under a microscope.
- Orchids are gynandrous flowers, with their reproductive organs fused into a single structure.
- The gynandrous arrangement of the bloom made it easy for bees to collect pollen.