staminodium

American  

[stam-uh-noh-dee-uhm] / ˌstæm əˈnoʊ di əm /

Also staminode

noun

Botany.

• staminodia
  plural

1. a sterile or abortive stamen.

2. a part resembling such a stamen.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• staminodia
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of staminodium

First recorded in 1815–25; stamin- + -ode ¹ + -ium

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Example Sentences

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staminodia

Filaments distinct or nearly so on the ring at base of corolla, alternating with 5 subulate staminodia; anthers linear.

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

Peduncles occasionally more than 6 inches long; the staminodia sometimes excel the anthers in length.

From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by John McDouall Stuart

Stamens 8, free, short, alternating with 8 petaloid, conical, pubescent staminodia.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas

Stamens occasionally become sterile by the degeneration or non-development of the anthers, when they are known as staminodia, or rudimentary stamens.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

Corolla bell-shaped, with 5 staminodia in the sinuses.

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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