[ad. mod.L. androphor-um (Mirbel), f. Gr. ἀνδρο- male + φόρος bearing, f. φερ- bear.]

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  1.  Bot. A name applied by some to the column formed by the united filaments in monadelphous plants, or a more or less columnar portion of the receptacle bearing several anthers.

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1821.  S. Gray, Arr. Brit. Pl., I. 142. Androphore, Androphora, Filaments soldered together in one or more bundles.

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1870.  Bentley, Bot., 250. When the union takes place so as to form a tube or column, the term androphore has been applied to the column thus formed.

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  2.  Zool. The male gonophore of certain of the Physaphoridæ.

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1861.  J. Greene, Cœlent., 53. Androphore of the same Condylophora, its contents escaping.

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1877.  Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., iii. 143. The groups of male and female gonophores … (androphores and gynophores).

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