Bot. [mod.L., f. Gr. ἀνδρο- male + οἰκίον house.] A name given to the whole of the male organs of a flower.
1839. in Lindley, Introd. Bot., 172.
1857. Henfrey, Elem. Bot., § 196. The stamens collectively constitute the andrœcium.
1870. Bentley, Bot., 208. The andrœcium constitutes the whorl or whorls of organs situated on the inside of the corolla.
