Staminodes is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Staminodes in a sentence
Staminodes meaning
plural of staminode
Using Staminodes
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of staminode
Context around Staminodes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Staminodes
- In this selection, "staminodes" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, anthers stand out and add context to how "staminodes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include reduced to staminodes 4 and smaller anthers staminodes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "staminodes" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with staminodes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
All of the other orchids, the clade called Monandria, retain only the central stamen, the others being reduced to staminodes (4). (21 words)
The two flower morphs are however difficult to observe as they are rather morphologically similar; male flowers have a pistillode with the ovaries empty and female flowers have empty, smaller anthers (staminodes). (32 words)
The two flower morphs are however difficult to observe as they are rather morphologically similar; male flowers have a pistillode with the ovaries empty and female flowers have empty, smaller anthers (staminodes). (32 words)
All of the other orchids, the clade called Monandria, retain only the central stamen, the others being reduced to staminodes (4). (21 words)
Example sentences (2)
All of the other orchids, the clade called Monandria, retain only the central stamen, the others being reduced to staminodes (4).
The two flower morphs are however difficult to observe as they are rather morphologically similar; male flowers have a pistillode with the ovaries empty and female flowers have empty, smaller anthers (staminodes).