Definitions for staminate

staminate stam·i·nate

Spelling: [stam-uh-nit, -neyt]
IPA: /ˈstæm ə nɪt, -ˌneɪt/

Staminate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 485 anagrams from letters in staminate (aaeimnstt).

Definitions for staminate

adjective

  1. having a stamen or stamens.
  2. having stamens but no pistils.

Origin of staminate

First recorded in 1835-45; stamin- + -ate1

Examples for staminate

Fig. 231, staminate, and 232, pistillate flower of Moonseed.

Polygamous, when the flowers are some of them perfect, and some staminate or pistillate only.

staminate trees apparently do not occur in the United States.

Unisexual, with staminate and pistillate flowers on different individuals.

staminate flowers not sufficiently developed in the bud to be apparent.

In some heads all the flowerets are staminate, in others hermaphrodite.

A blossom having stamens and no pistil is a staminate or Male flower.

Only some of the trees have fruit, as some have only staminate flowers.

The staminate and pistillate flowers are usually on different trees.

Unisexual, with staminate and pistillate flowers on the same individual.

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