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staminal

1

[ stam-uh-nl ]

adjective

, Botany.
  1. of or relating to stamens.


staminal

2

[ stam-uh-nl ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to stamina stamina or endurance.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of staminal1

First recorded in 1835–45; stamin- + -al 1

Origin of staminal2

First recorded in 1775–85; stamin(a) 1 + -al 1
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Example Sentences

In other cases, however, he observed that the pollen grains occurred on the inner side of what we now know as the staminal tube.

Especially attend about the nectary exterior to the staminal tube.

Thus in Cruciferous plants the staminal whorl consists of four long stamens and two short ones (tetradynamous).

Many cases of what was considered chorisis are in reality due to the development of stipules from the staminal leaf.

The disk is frequently formed by degeneration or transformation of the staminal row.

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