stamineous, a.
(stəˈmɪnɪəs)
[f. L. stāmine-us, consisting of threads, f. stāmin-: see stamen and -eous.]
† 1. (See quot.) Obs.
| 1661 Blount Glossogr. (ed. 2), Stamineous (stamineus) pertaining to hemp or flax, or that hath shreds in it. |
2. Bot. Consisting of, bearing, or pertaining to a stamen or stamens. Also of a flower: = stamineal a.
| 1668 Wilkins Real Char. ii. iv. §4 81 [Herbs] Stamineous; whose flower doth consist of threddy filaments or Stamina. 1704 J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, The Botanists call that a Stamineous Flower, which is so far imperfect, as to want..Petala, and consist only of the Stylus and Stamina. 1750 G. Hughes Barbados 118 They discover innumerable small pale yellow stamineous flowers. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xii. (1765) 30 Stamineous Nectaria, such as attend the stamina. 1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 174/1 Stamineous crown 5-leaved, with the leaflets compressed laterally. |