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▪ I. staminate, a. Bot.|ˈstæmɪneɪt| [ad. L. stāminātus consisting of threads (mod.L. furnished with stamens), f. stāmin-, stāmen: see stamen and -ate2.] Furnished with or producing stamens. Of certain flowers: Having stamens but no pistils.
1845–50A. H. Lincoln Lect. Bot. Vocab., Staminate, having stamens without pistils. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 413 Monœcia, with staminate, pistillate, and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant. 1870Lowell Study Wind. (1886) 141 There are staminate plants in literature, that make no fine show of fruit. 1883Science I. 432/2 Staminate and pistillate flowers maturing at the same time. ▪ II. † ˈstaminate, v. Obs. rare—1. [f. L. stāmin-, stamen + -ate3.] trans. To imbue with ‘stamina’ or vital force.
1720S. Parker Biblioth. Biblica I. 258 Persons..form'd and staminated, by the immediate hand of God, with peculiar Principles of Vitality. |