staminal

¹

[stam-uh-nl]

adjective Botany.

of or relating to stamens.

Also sta·min·e·al

[stuh-min-ee-uh l] /stəˈmɪn i əl/.

Origin of staminal

¹

First recorded in 1835–45; stamin- + -al¹

staminal

²

[stam-uh-nl]

adjective

of or relating to stamina or endurance.

Origin of staminal

²

First recorded in 1775–85; stamin(a)¹ + -al¹

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Historical Examples of staminal

In other cases, however, he observed that the pollen grains occurred on the inner side of what we now know as the staminal tube.
Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists
Various
The staminal nature of this pseudo-corolla is inferred from the occasional presence of anthers on it.
Vegetable Teratology
Maxwell T. Masters
Reduction of the staminal whorl is also not unfrequent in Trifolium repens and T. hybridum, and has been seen in Delphinium, &c.
Vegetable Teratology
Maxwell T. Masters
In willows the change of pistils into staminal organs has been frequently observed.
Vegetable Teratology
Maxwell T. Masters
Especially attend about the nectary exterior to the staminal tube.
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Charles Darwin