staminode

English

Etymology

From New Latin stāminōdium, from Latin stāmen (“warp, thread”) + Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).

Noun

staminode (plural staminodes)

1. (botany) An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen; a staminodium

Related terms

• staminodial

References

• “staminode”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Maidstone, diamontes, dominates, nosematid, somniated, stamenoid