staminate

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Definition of staminate

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

(not-comparable)Having functional stamens, but (typically) no carpels.

“The tree is diaecious, and those who would have fruit must be careful to get both staminate and pistillate trees.”

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Latin staminatus (“consisting of threads”), from stamen (“thread”).

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