<botany> A Linnaean order of plants having eight pistils. ... Origin: NL, from Gr. Eight + a woman, female. ... (01 Mar 1998) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
Oc`to·gyn'i·a noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... eight + ... a woman, female.] (Botany) A Linnaean order of plants having eight pistils. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/10