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Webster 1913 Edition


Staminodium

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Stamˊi-no′di-um

(-nō′dĭ-ŭm)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Staminodia
(-ȧ)
.
[NL. See
Stamen
, and
-oid
.]
(Bot.)
An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen.