Definition of Staminas

1. stamina [n] - See also: stamina

Lexicographical Neighbors of Staminas

stalls
staltic
stalwart
stalwartly
stalwartness
stalwartnesses
stalwarts
stalworth
stalworths
stamen
stamened
stameniferous
stamens
stamina
staminal
staminas (current term)
staminate
stamineal
stamineous
staminiferous
staminode
staminodes
staminodia
staminodies
staminodium
staminody
staminophore
stammel
stammels
stammer

Literary usage of Staminas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Philosophical Account of the Works of Nature: Endeavouring to Set Forth by Richard Bradley (1721)
"... Bafe or Body becomes a Fruit; fince we have already re- mark'd, that the staminas, which are the Male Parts, will fecundate ..."

2. The Sun by Amédée Guillemin (1875)
"... i.ince (he corolla and the staminas can only grow and subsist at the expense of substances formed in the leaves by the action of light. ..."

3. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"... on their first expanding, are often whitish, and the outer side of the petals, with a reddish tinge; but in one species, the staminas are bright yellow, ..."

4. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1917)
"Upon the addition of iron and staminas chloride as directed in the procedure the run is made with 25 pieces of zinc. The stains are compared with standard ..."

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