staminate
Americanadjective
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having a stamen or stamens.
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having stamens but no pistils.
adjective
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In the male cones, or staminate cones, the microsporocytes give rise to pollen grains by meiosis.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
In the male cones, or staminate cones, the microsporocytes give rise to microspores by meiosis.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
Terminal spike all staminate; pistillate spikes long and cylindrical, mostly dense; perigynium broad and short, short-beaked, the orifice very slightly notched or entire, mostly granulate.—Sp.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Mostly stiff, with short erect closely flowered spikes, an entirely staminate terminal spike, dark colored scales, and bracts with purple or black auricles at base; stigmas 2 or 3.—Sp.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Calyx 5-parted, valvate in the staminate flowers, imbricate in the pistillate.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
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