staminoidadj.
/ˈstamɪnɔɪd/ Botany.
Of the nature of or resembling a stamen.
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malea1398
stamineous1668
staminiferous1766
staminous1786
stamened1840
staminate1845
staminal1854
stamineal1856
staminigerous1866
staminoid1869
staminose-
1869 M. T. Masters Veg. Teratol. 301 The scales that are met with in some plants, either as excrescences from the petals, or as imperfect representatives of stamens or other organs, are occasionally staminoid.
1888 G. Henslow Origin of Floral Structures 292 For petals to become staminoid is far from uncommon.
1930 Jrnl. Genetics 23 107 A collection..in which the petals had become metamorphosed into stamens, showed every type of staminoid petal.
1974 Flora CLXIII. 405 (heading) Staminoid petals in Geranium pratense L. and their inheritance.
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