Definition of Staminodium

1. n. An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen.

Definition of Staminodium

1. Noun. (botany uncommon) (alternative form of staminode) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Staminodium

1. [n -DIA]

Medical Definition of Staminodium

1. A sterile stamen or an organ resembling one. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Staminodium

stamen
stamened
stameniferous
stamens
stamina
staminal
staminas
staminate
stamineal
stamineous
staminiferous
staminode
staminodes
staminodia
staminodies
staminodium (current term)
staminody
staminophore
stammel
stammels
stammer
stammered
stammerer
stammerers
stammering
stammering(a)
stammering of the bladder
stammeringly
stammers
stamnoi

Literary usage of Staminodium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"D. staminodium cordate, with a tooth in the sinus; apex of petals 4 times ... E. Margins of staminodium flat; petals flat or but slightly undulate on ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Wilhelm Miller, Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"the odd stamen of the outer whorl is developed into a wing- like staminodium (Figs. 1568,1569, «0- The similar stamens of the inner whorl are fertile, ..."

3. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"staminodium a scale, adnate to the upper side of the corolla-tube. Corolla-tube stouter than ... Filaments shorter than the staminodium : seeds wingless. 8. ..."

4. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1922)
"Flowers cymose in pedunculate spikes or heads; staminodium 0; ovary 1-celled; ... anthers oblong; staminodium 1, posterior, linear, acute, rarely fertile; ..."

5. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1905)
"Flowers in axillary or terminal racemes; staminodium 1; ovary imperfectly 4-celled; ovule 1 in each cell; fruit a fleshy drupe. 1. ..."

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