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stamen

American  
[stey-muhn] / ˈsteɪ mən /

noun

Botany.

plural

stamens, stamina

  1. the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.

stamen British  
/ ˈsteɪmɛn, ˌstæmɪˈnɪfərəs, ˈstæmɪnəl /

noun

  1. the male reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of a stalk (filament) bearing an anther in which pollen is produced

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stamen Scientific  
/ stā′mən /

plural

stamens

  1. The male reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of a filament and a pollen-bearing anther at its tip.

  2. See more at anther flower

stamen Cultural  

  1. The organ of a flower on which the pollen grows.

Other Word Forms

  • stamened adjective
  • staminal adjective
  • staminiferous adjective

Etymology

Origin of stamen

1640–50; < Latin stāmen warp in upright loom, thread, filament, equivalent to stā ( re ) to stand + -men noun suffix; akin to Greek stḗmōn warp, Sanskrit sthāman place

Example Sentences

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This allowed them to identify a signal emitted by the maternal tissue that attracts pollen tubes by leading them to elongate along the stamen tissue and reach the site of fertilization.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

The second group was more lackadaisical, and its fresh stamen concentration peaked at the 45-minute mark.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2019

Each stamen consists of a stalk called a filament with an anther at its tip.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018

Her ivory neck and face rises like a stamen from her red satin dress, perhaps evoking the Florentine fleur-de-lis.

From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2010

I was the stamen in the middle of a twirling flower.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

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