1. having stamens united by their filaments into two groups
Usage: botanical

Examples

• The pea flower is diadelphous, with nine stamens fused together and one separate.
• Botanists identify legume flowers by their diadelphous stamen arrangement.
• The diadelphous condition is characteristic of many plants in the bean family.
• Students learned to recognize diadelphous flowers during their plant identification lab.
• The diadelphous stamens create a distinctive pattern in the flower’s reproductive structure.