stamInal

[Lat.stamen ( gen it.staminis ) = tenth year. Though there may be organic defect, a thread, a stamen.] 1. Pertaining to or consisting in stamens. "The staminal whorl may be regular or irregular."- R . Brown : Manual of Botany (1874), p. 321. 2. Pertaining to stamina; strength-giving; as staminal food.