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staminiferous, a. Bot.|stæmɪˈnɪfərəs| Also stameniferous. [f. L. stāmin- stamen: see -ferous.] Having or bearing stamens, applied to a flower having stamens but no pistils; also applied to a nectary having stamens growing on it.
1761Stiles in Phil. Trans. LV. 264 If the flowers of these plants be hermaphroditic, the staminiferous part doubtless falls off as soon as the impregnation is over. 1785Martyn Rousseau's Bot. ix. (1794) 95, I beg leave to coin two words, and to call those which have only the stamens staminiferous. 1796Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 371 The section of a stameniferous flower cut through perpendicularly. 1829Loudon Encycl. Plants 300 Nect[ary] 8-valved, staminiferous. 1889Hardwicke's Sci. Gossip XXV. 130/2 The number of bees on stameniferous and pistiliferous plants. |