n.;
a. Furnished with stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. estamine, F. étamine, LL. staminea, stamineum, fr. L. stamineus consisting of threads, fr. stamen a thread. See Stamen, and cf. Stamineous, 2d Stammel, Tamine. ] A kind of woolen cloth.
n. pl. See Stamen. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl.
He succeeded to great captains who had sapped the whole stamina and resistance of the contest. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. staminal. ] Of or pertaining to stamens or stamina; consisting in stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. staminatus consisting of threads, fr. stamen thread: cf. F. staminé. ] (Bot.)
v. t. To indue with stamina. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Stamen + -ferous. ] Bearing or having stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]