staminode
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From New Latin stāminōdium, from Latin stāmen (“warp, thread”) + Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).
Noun[edit]
staminode (plural staminodes)
- (botany) An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen; a staminodium
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References[edit]
- “staminode”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.