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staminodium

American

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

Also staminode

noun

Botany.

a sterile or abortive stamen.
a part resembling such a stamen.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

staminodia

plural

Etymology

Origin of staminodium

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

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