Heard spelling

andraecium

Spelled androecium. an unstressed vowel

Is androecium ever spelled with ae?

Its partner gynoecium is, as gynaecium. Androecium is not, and andraecium has no history behind it.

The ae in gynaecium comes from a different Greek word, gynaikeion, the women's quarters of a house, which Latin took as gynaeceum. There is no matching form on the stamen side. The a in andraecium is only the unstressed o of andro- written down as it sounds.

Say

an-DREE-see-um

Letters

A-N-D-R-O-E-C-I-U-M