staminate

American  

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

adjective

Botany.

1. having a stamen or stamens.

2. having stamens but no pistils.

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staminate British  

/ -ˌneɪt, ˈstæmɪnɪt /

adjective

1. (of plants) having stamens, esp having stamens but no carpels; male

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staminate Scientific  

/ stā′mə-nĭt /

1. Having stamens but no carpels. Male flowers are staminate.

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Other Word Forms

• multistaminate adjective

Etymology

Origin of staminate

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

Example Sentences

In the male cones, or staminate cones, the microsporocytes give rise to pollen grains by meiosis.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

In the male cones, or staminate cones, the microsporocytes give rise to microspores by meiosis.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

Small species with a beakless, more or less round or pyriform perigynium, which is commonly glaucous; terminal spike androgynous or all staminate; stigmas mostly 2.—Sp.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Terminal spike all staminate; pistillate spikes long and cylindrical, mostly dense; perigynium broad and short, short-beaked, the orifice very slightly notched or entire, mostly granulate.—Sp.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Heads many-flowered; the flowers all tubular, diœcious, i.e., the pistillate and staminate borne by different plants.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa