Hexagynia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hexagynia \Hex`a*gyn"i*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "e`x six + gynh^
     a woman, female: cf. F. hexagynie.] (Bot.)
     A Linn[ae]an order of plants having six pistils. Hexagynian