Bot. suffix of adjs., f. mod.L. -andr-us (a. Gr. -ανδρος adj. ending, f. ἀνδρ- stem of ἀνήρ man) + -OUS. Used as = ‘having … male organs or stamens’; as in tri-androus having three stamens, polyandrous having many stamens, gynandrous having stamens situated on the pistil.
