n. a city on the Mediterranean Sea, the chief port of Egypt.
Syn. -- El Iskandariyah [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten + &unr_;, &unr_;, a man. ] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants characterized by having ten stamens.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. décandre. ] (Bot.) Belonging to the Decandria; having ten stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &unr_;, &unr_;, a man, a male. ] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants having two stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Diandrous. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; twelve + &unr_;, &unr_;, man, male. ] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants including all that have any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen.

{ } a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Dodecandria; having twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'enne`a nine + 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man, male: cf. F. ennéandrie. ] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants having nine stamens.

{ } a. (Bot.) Having nine stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Gynandrian. ] (Bot.) A class of plants in the Linnæan system, whose stamens grow out of, or are united with, the pistil.

{ } a. [ Gr. gy`nandros of doubtful sex; gynh` a woman + 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man: cf. F. gynandre. ] (Bot.) Having stamens inserted in the pistil; belonging to the class Gynandria. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "epta` seven + &unr_;, &unr_;, man, male: cf. F. heptandrie.] (Bot.) A Linnaean class of plants having seven stamens.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. heptandre. ] (Bot.) Having seven stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "e`x six + &unr_;, &unr_;, a man, male: cf. F. hexandrie.] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants having six stamens.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. hexandre. ] (Bot.) Having six stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; twenty +&unr_;, &unr_;, man, male: cf. F. icosandrie. ] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants, having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx.

{ } a. (Bot.) Pertaining to the class Icosandria; having twenty or more stamens inserted in the calyx. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Maeandrius: cf. F. méandrien. ] Winding; having many turns. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. mo`nos alone + 'anh`r, 'andro`s, a man. ] (Bot.) A Linnaean class of plants embracing those having but a single stamen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.; (Bot.) Same as Monandrous. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'okta- (for 'oktw` eight) + &unr_;, &unr_;, male, man. ] (Bot.) A Linnaean class of plants, in which the flowers have eight stamens not united to one another or to the pistil. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Octandria; having eight distinct stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; (see Penta-) + &unr_;, &unr_;, man, male. ] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants having five separate stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the class Pentadria; having five stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Polyandry. ] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of monoclinous or hermaphrodite plants, having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Polyandrous. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. te`tra- (see Tetra-) + &unr_;, &unr_;, a man, male. ] (Bot.) A Linnaean class of plants having four stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) Belonging to the class Tetrandria. [ 1913 Webster ]

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‖n. pl. [ NL. See Tri-, and -androus. ] (Bot.) A Linnaean class of plants having three distinct and equal stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. triandre. ] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Triandria; having three distinct and equal stamens in the same flower. [ 1913 Webster ]