staminode

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin stāminōdium, from Latin stāmen (“warp, thread”) + Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”). === Noun === staminode (plural staminodes) (botany) An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen; a staminodium ==== Related terms ==== staminodial === References === “staminode”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Maidstone, diamontes, dominates, nosematid, somniated, stamenoid