Usually means: Sterile stamen, modified, non-reproductive.
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  1. staminode: Merriam-Webster
  2. staminode: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. staminode: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. staminode: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. staminode: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  9. Staminode: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Staminode: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. staminode: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Staminode: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
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  2. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  3. Staminode: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (staminode)

▸ noun:  (botany) An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen; a staminodium

Similar:
staminodium, staminody, antherode, staminality, stamen, staminophore, stomium, stylodium, stolon, filament, more...

Opposite:
pistil, fertile, reproductive, functional

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Similar:
staminodium, staminody, antherode, staminality, stamen, staminophore, stomium, stylodium, stolon, filament, more...

Opposite:
pistil, fertile, reproductive, functional



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