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staminal, a.|ˈstæmɪnəl|
[f. L. stāmin- stamen, stamina + -al1.]
1.
†a. Forming part of the ‘stamina’ or original structure of the body. Obs.
1785Cullen Instit. Med. i. (ed. 3) 230 The gluten of the blood..is thus conveyed to every staminal fibre of the system.
b. Belonging to the stamina or natural constitution of a person or thing.
1798J. Barry Let. Dilettanti Soc. 32 The absurdity..of magnifying its accidental casual connexion with patronage, into something staminal and essential to its growth and perfection. 1805Southey in Robberds' Mem. W. Taylor II. 77, I know myself to be free from these staminal defects. 1824–9Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) V. 137 Where the intercourse has been so incessantly repeated as to break down the staminal strength. 1857Miller Elem. Chem. III. 738 The staminal principles or constituents of food may be further arranged as proposed by Liebig, according to the uses for which they are destined in the animal economy.
c. Constituting the ‘stamina’ or main outlines of a subject.
1845J. Martineau Misc. (1852) 92 An exposition of his staminal ideas on this subject.
¶d. As the trade designation of a class of prepared foods recommended as giving ‘stamina’ or bodily vigour.
1896Daily News 3 Nov. 2/3 The supplies remaining over from the expedition, and consisting chiefly of large quantities of provisions, vegetables, staminal foods, and pemmicans, will be sold..on Monday.
†2. Pertaining to the fibrils of muscle. Obs.
1830R. Knox Béclard's Anat. 78 This last power also receives the names of fibrillar or staminal contractility, and tonicity.
3. Bot. Pertaining to or consisting of stamens.
1845Lindley Sch. Bot. viii. (1858) 136 b, Staminal scales oblong-lanceolate acuminate. 1877Huxley & Martin Elem. Biol. 70 Each of which [flowers] consists of a calyx, a corolla, a staminal tube and a central pistil. 1875Bennett & Dyer tr. Sachs' Bot. 426 A leaf which bears pollen-sacs may be termed a Staminal Leaf or Stamen. |