staminiferousadj.
/stamɪˈnɪfərəs/ Botany.
Having or bearing stamens, applied to a flower having stamens but no pistils; also applied to a nectary having stamens growing on it.
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malea1398
stamineous1668
staminiferous1766
staminous1786
stamened1840
staminate1845
staminal1854
stamineal1856
staminigerous1866
staminoid1869
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1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 264 If the flowers of these plants be hermaphroditic, the staminiferous part doubtless falls off as soon as the impregnation is over.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. ix. 100 I beg leave to coin two words, and to call those which have the stamens only Staminiferous.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 371 The section of a stameniferous flower cut through perpendicularly.
1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 300 Nect[ary] 8-valved, staminiferous.
1889 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 25 130/2 The number of bees on stameniferous and pistiliferous plants.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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