staminate

American  

[stam-uh-nit, -neyt] / ˈstæm ə nɪt, -ˌneɪt /

adjective

Botany.

1. having a stamen or stamens.

2. having stamens but no pistils.

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staminate British  

/ -ˌneɪt, ˈstæmɪnɪt /

adjective

1. (of plants) having stamens, esp having stamens but no carpels; male

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staminate Scientific  

/ stā′mə-nĭt /

1. Having stamens but no carpels. Male flowers are staminate.

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Other Word Forms

• multistaminate adjective

Etymology

Origin of staminate

First recorded in 1835–45; stamin- + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Flowers sessile in the axils of the upper leaves, usually above water in summer; the uppermost staminate.

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A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens.

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The flowers, which are of two kinds, are borne in racemes in the leaf-axils; the staminate flowers in larger numbers.

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The short-stalked, bell-shaped flowers are unisexual, but staminate and pistillate are borne on the same plant; the latter are recognized by the swollen warty green ovary below the rest of the flower.

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They also delight in gathering the long, red caterpillar-like catkins of the staminate flowers, the pollen bearers, from the sterile trees.

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