staminal

• IPA^(key): /ˈstæmɪnəl/, /ˈstæmənəl/

stamen + -al. Compare French staminal.

staminal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to stamens.

   staminal tube

   staminal column

stamina + -(a)l.

staminal (not comparable)

1. (rare) Pertaining to or promoting stamina or endurance.
   • 1896 November 2/3, Daily News 3 (quoted in the New English Dictionary):

     The supplies consisting chiefly of large quantities of provisions, vegetables, staminal foods, and pemmicans, will be sold on Monday.

2. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to the stamina or basic structure or constitution of a thing.
   • 1798, J. Barry, Let. Dilettanti Soc., page 32:

     The absurdity […] of magnifying its accidental casual connexion with patronage, into something staminal and essential to its growth and perfection.

   • 1805, Southey, in Robberds' Mem. W. Taylor II, page 77:

     I know myself to be free from these staminal defects.

   • 1845, J. Martineau, Misc., published 1852, page 92:

     an exposition of his staminal ideas of this subject

• “staminal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “staminal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

• natalism, talisman

staminal (feminine staminale, masculine plural staminaux, feminine plural staminales)

1. staminal

• “staminal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Borrowed from French staminal.

staminal m or n (feminine singular staminală, masculine plural staminali, feminine and neuter plural staminale)

1. staminal