noun
didynamous stamen
Botanical term for a flower with four stamens in two pairs of unequal length. Used in technical descriptions of plants such as those in the mint family.
シソ科の花は二強雄蕊を持つことが多い。
Flowers of the mint family often have didynamous stamens.
Compound of 二 (two), 強 (strong), and 雄蕊 (stamen), referring to the two longer stamens in a didynamous arrangement. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern botanical coinage.