Staminate
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adjective.
Having stamens but no pistils.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To endue with stamina.
In
botany
: Furnished with or producing stamens.
Producing stamens, but no pistils: said of certain flowers.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To indue with stamina.
adjective.
Furnished with stamens; producing stamens.
adjective.
Having stamens, but lacking pistils.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
Having
stamens
, but (typically) no
pistils
.
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adjective.
capable of fertilizing female organs
Word Usage
"He has an elogated knob, a staminate blossom, in the center which produces the pollen to fertilize the female or pistillate blossom below."
Antonyms
Words with the opposite meaning
pistillate
cross-reference
carpellate
Equivalent
male