Emily Dickinson Lexicon

STA-MIN'E-OUS, n. [L. stamineus.]

1. Consisting of stamens.
2. Possessing stamens. Stamineous flowers have no corol; they want the colored leaves called petals, and consist only of the style and stamina. Linnæus calls them apetalous; others, imperfect or incomplete. – Martyn.
3. Pertaining to the stamen, or attached to it; as, a stamineous nectary. – Lee.