endecagan

[Gr. hendeka eleven, and gonia an angle.] Geom.: A plane figure of eleven sides and angles. ěn-dec-ăg-yn-ous, a . [Gr. hendeka =eleven; gyne woman, and Eng. adj. suff. -ous .] Bot .: Having eleven petals. *ěn-dec-ăn-dri-a, s. [Gr. hendeka eleven, and aner (gen it. andros )=a man.] Bot.: A cla intercalated into the artificial arrangement of Linnæus for plants, if any such exist, having eleven stamens. Linnæus did not know any, and pa ed at once from his tenth cla , Dec and ria (plants having ten stamens), to his Do dec and ria (plants having from twelve to nineteen). ěn-děc-a-phyl-lous, a . [Gr. hendeka eleven; phyllon leaf, and Eng., ., suff. -ous .] Bot . ( of a leaf ) : Having eleven leaflets. ěn-deic-tic, a . [Gr. endeiktikos =demonstrating; endeiknymi to show.] Showing, exhibiting, displaying; as, an endeictic dialogue=one which displays skill.