Stamen
['steɪmən] or ['stemən]
Definition
(n.) A thread; especially, a warp thread.
(n.) The male organ of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament.
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Definition
n. one of the male organs of a flower which produce the pollen:—pl. Stā′mens.—adj. Stā′mened having stamens.—n. Stam′ina (prop. pl.) the principal strength of anything: the firm part of a body which supports the whole.—adjs. Stam′inal Stamin′ēous consisting of or possessing stamens: pertaining to or attached to the stamen: apetalous as certain flowers; Stam′inate -d having or producing stamens; Staminif′erous Staminig′erous bearing or having stamens.—ns. Stam′inode Staminō′dium an abortive stamen; Stam′inody a condition of flowers in which sepals pistils &c. are metamorphosed into stamens.
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Examples
- Why should the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils, in each flower, though fitted for such distinct purposes, be all constructed on the same pattern? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- These organs are so proportioned in length to each other that half the stamens in two of the forms stand on a level with the stigma of the third form. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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