-androus

1. a combining form meaning “male,” occurring as final element of a compound word:

   polyandrous.

-androus

combining form

1. (in botany) indicating number or type of stamens

   diandrous

Word History and Origins

Origin of -androus¹

< New Latin -andrus. See andr-, -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of -androus¹

from New Latin -andrus, from Greek -andros, from anēr man

Example Sentences

He has battled with junior teammate Teddy Androus, a Notre Dame commit, for the starting faceoff role.

From Washington Post

Composed of both staminate and pistillate flowers. -androus.

From Project Gutenberg

The number of stamens is indicated by the Greek numerals prefixed to the term androus; thus a flower with one stamen is monandrous, with two, three, four, five, six or many stamens, di-, tri-, tetr-, pent-, hex- or polyandrous, respectively.

From Project Gutenberg

A "streamlined film version" of Louisa May Alcott's novel about life at the Plumfield Farm Boarding School in the late 19th Century, the Polly -androus story would hardly be recognized by Louisa May.

From Time Magazine Archive

Androus, or Ander, andra, andrum, Greek in compounds for male, or stamens.

From Project Gutenberg