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octandria
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octandria, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'okta- (for 'oktw` eight) + , , male, man.].
A Linnæan class of plants, in which the flowers have eight stamens not united to one another or to the pistil. [1913 Webster]
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