Polyandria

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

  Polyandria \Pol`y*an"dri*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Polyandry}.]
     (Bot.)
     A Linn[ae]an class of monoclinous or hermaphrodite plants,
     having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in
     the receptacle.
     [1913 Webster]