STAMINODIUM

Noun

staminodium (plural staminodia)

(botany, uncommon) Alternative form of staminode

Source: Wiktionary


Stam`i*no"di*um, n.; pl. Staminodia. Etym: [NL. See Stamen, and - oid.] (Bot.)

Definition: An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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