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单词 -stemonous
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-stemonouscomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. haplostemonous adj.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin -stemon , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin -stemon (in e.g. Polystemon (see polystemonous adj. at poly- comb. form 1) < ancient Greek στημον- , στήμων warp, thread < the same base as στῆμα stamen (see stamen n.), with which the word was apparently confused) + -ous suffix.Formations are found from the first half of the 19th cent., frequently after Latin models.
Botany.
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Forming adjectives designating the number or configuration of stamens, as allagostemonous adj., diplostemonous adj.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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