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staminode

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stam⋅i⋅no⋅di⋅um

  [stam-uh-noh-dee-uhm]
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–noun, plural -di⋅a  [-dee-uh] . Botany.
1. a sterile or abortive stamen.
2. a part resembling such a stamen.
Also, stam⋅i⋅node  [stam-uh-nohd] .

Origin:
1815–25; stamin- + -ode 1 + -ium
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stam·i·node   (stā'mə-nōd', stām'ə-)   
n.   pl. stam·i·nodes also stam·i·no·di·a (-nō'dē-ə)
A sterile stamen, sometimes resembling a petal, as in the canna.

[New Latin stāminōdium, from Latin stāmen, stāmin-, thread; see stamen.]
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