different between polyandrous vs polyadelphousstamens

English

poly- +? -androus

polyandrous (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to polyandry; engaging in polyandry.
- "Nestled in this remote area of northwestern Nepal is a tiny settlement of ethnic Tibetan Buddhists, the land of the Nyinba, where UCLA anthropologist Nancy Levine found one of the last flourishing polyandrous populations, a society where women marry several men." — Los Angeles Times, December 25, 1988
(botany) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens inserted in the receptacle.

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