staminodiumn.
/stamɪˈnəʊdɪəm/ Botany.
a. A sterile or abortive stamen, or an organ resembling an abortive stamen, without its anther.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > stamen or pistil > stamen(s)
thrum1578
chive1664
stamen1668
attire1672
semet1672
capillament1726
filament1756
phalanx1771
androphore1821
staminodium1821
andrœcium1839
staminode1857
phalange1872
1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants I. 158 Staminodium, appendages which appear to be abortive anthers.
1829 P. Clinton tr. A. Richard New Elem. Bot. (ed. 4) 297 In general, these stamina are replaced by appendages which have received the name of staminodia.
1847 W. E. Steele Handbk. Field Bot. 142 Staminodium roundish, entire.
1859 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Staminodium, Term by L. C. Richard for appendages of the gynostemium of the Orchideæ, which appear to be the rudiments of aborted stamens.
b. The antheridium of a cryptogam.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > spore or sporule > cryptogam or plant having spores > [noun] > parts of > antheridium or male sex organ
antheridium1833
staminidium1839
staminodium1848
1848 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. p. xxxvi, (Jackson).
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