/stam'euh noh"dee euhm/ , n. , pl. staminodia /-dee euh/ . Bot.
1. a sterile or abortive stamen.
2. a part resembling such a stamen.
Also, staminode /stam"euh nohd'/ .
[ 1815-25; STAMIN- + -ODE 1 + -IUM ]
/stam'euh noh"dee euhm/ , n. , pl. staminodia /-dee euh/ . Bot.
1. a sterile or abortive stamen.
2. a part resembling such a stamen.
Also, staminode /stam"euh nohd'/ .
[ 1815-25; STAMIN- + -ODE 1 + -IUM ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012