andro petalous

[Gr. ἀνήρ (anër)=a man, and πέταλον ( petal on ) = a leaf, but used by botanists for a petal.] Botany: Having stamens transformed into petals, as sometimes takes place when a single flower is converted into a double one. Ăn-droph-a-ġi, s. pl. [Gr. ̓Ανδροφάγοι (Androphagoi), the people described below; ἀνδροφάγος ( androphagos ) = eating human flesh; ἀνήρ ( aner ) = a man, and 2 aor. inf. φαγεῖν ( phage in ) = to eat.] A race of cannibals, adjacent to Scythia, mentioned by Hero dot us; hence cannibals generally.