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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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Staminodium
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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