stamineousadj.
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1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Stamineous (stamineus) pertaining to hemp or flax, or that hath shreds in it.
2. Botany. Consisting of, bearing, or pertaining to a stamen or stamens. Also of a flower: = stamineal adj.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils > of or having stamens or male
malea1398
stamineous1668
staminiferous1766
staminous1786
stamened1840
staminate1845
staminal1854
stamineal1856
staminigerous1866
staminoid1869
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1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. iv. §4 81 [Herbs] Stamineous; whose flower doth consist of threddy filaments or Stamina.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I The Botanists call that a Stamineous Flower, which is so far imperfect, as to want..Petala, and consist only of the Stylus and Stamina.
1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 118 They discover innumerable small pale yellow stamineous flowers.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xii. 30 Stamineous Nectaria, such as attend the Stamina.
1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 174/1 Stamineous crown 5-leaved, with the leaflets compressed laterally.
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