D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Adelphia

/əd-ĕl'-fē-ə/ · A·del·phi·a · IPA /ədˈɛlfiːə/
01 n. A “brotherhood,” or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc.
  1. 1.
    A “brotherhood,” or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc.(Bot.)