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stami·nody (-nō′dē)

noun

the change of other organs of a flower into stamens

Etymology: < stamin(i)- + Gr -ōdia, a becoming like < -ōdēs: see -ode

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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