单词	staminode
释义	staminode /ˈstamɪnəʊd / noun Botany A sterile or abortive stamen, frequently resembling a stamen without its anther.The cocoa flower has five free sepals, five free petals, five staminodes, five stamens and an ovary of five united carpels.... In abnormal male flowers, stamens develop as carpelloid structures, whilst in abnormal female flowers, the staminodes (vestigial stamens) develop as pseudocarpel structures. Pistillate flowers have the same perianth but the number of parts is more variable; staminodes are well developed with or without a rudimentary anther.
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