Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sterile stamen, sometimes resembling a petal, as in the flower of a canna.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
staminodium .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A staminodium.
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- noun botany An abortive
stamen , or any organ modified from an abortive stamen; astaminodium .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin stāminōdium, from Latin stāmen, stāmin-, thread; see stamen.]
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From New Latin stāmenōdium, from New Latin stāmen ("stamen") + Ancient Greek εἶδος ("form, likeness")
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