Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bearing or having stamens. A staminiferous flower is one which has stamens without a pistil. A staminiferous nectary is one that has stamens growing on it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Bearing or having stamens.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Bearing or having
stamens .
Etymologies
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stamen + -iferous
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Examples
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The female flowers, which are merely composed of a tripid calyx and no corolla, when produced by a tree in full vigor are perfectly urceolate, slightly tinged with green at the base, and well filled by the ovary, whereas the female flowers of weakly trees are entirely yellow, imperfectly urceolate, and approach more to the staminiferous flowers of the male.
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Panicum has two unequal glumes, the lower very small; the lower florets also, are usually staminiferous.
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