DIADELPHIAN; DIADELPHOUS
Di`a*del"phi*an, Di`a*del"phous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. diadelphe.] (Bot.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the class Diadelphia; having the stamens united into two bodies by their filaments (said of a plant or flower); grouped into two bundles or sets by coalescence of the filaments (said of stamens).
DIADEM
Di"a*dem, n. Etym: [F. diadème, L. diadema, fr. Gr. da to bind.]
1. Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later), also, a crown, in general. "The regal diadem." Milton.
2. Regal power; sovereignty; empire; — considered as symbolized by the crown.
3. (Her.)
Defn: An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a
coronet), and uniting with others over its center. Diadem lemur.
(Zoöl.) See Indri.
— Diadem spider (Zoöl.), the garden spider.
DIADEM
Di"a*dem, v. t.
Defn: To adorn with a diadem; to crown.
Not so, when diadem'd with rays divine. Pope.
To terminate the evil, To diadem the right. R. H. Neale.
DIADROM
Di"a*drom, n. Etym: [Gr.