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sta·men 
[stey-muhn] Pronunciation Key
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[stey-muhn] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural sta·mens, stam·i·na
[stam-uh-nuh] Pronunciation Key. Botany.
[stam-uh-nuh] Pronunciation Key. Botany. | the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther. |
[Origin: 1640–50; < L stāmen warp in upright loom, thread, filament, equiv. to stā(re) to stand + -men n. suffix; akin to Gk st
mōn warp, Skt sthāman place]
mōn warp, Skt sthāman place] —Related forms
stamened, adjective
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(stā'mən) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. sta·mens or sta·mi·na (stā'mə-nə, stām'ə-) The pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower, usually consisting of a filament and an anther. [Latin stāmen, thread; see stā- in Indo-European roots.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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stamen
stamen
"pollen-bearing organ of a flower," 1668, from Mod.L. (1625, Spigelus), from L. stamen "stamen" (Pliny), lit. "thread of the warp" in the upright loom (related to stare "to stand"), from PIE *sta-men- (cf. Gk. stemon "warp," also used by Hesychius for some part of a plant, Goth. stoma, Skt. sthaman "place," also "strength"), from base *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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(stā'mən) Pronunciation Key
Plural stamens or stamina (stā'mə-nə, stām'ə-)
The male reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of a filament and a pollen-bearing anther at its tip. See more at anther, flower.
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
stamen [(stay-muhn)]
stamen [(stay-muhn)]
The organ of a flower on which the pollen grows.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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Sta"men\, n.; pl. E. Stamens(used only in the second sense); L. Stamina(in the first sense). [L. stamen the warp, a thread, fiber, akin to Gr. ? the warp, fr. ? to stand, akin to E. stand. See Stand, and cf. Stamin, Stamina.]1. A thread; especially, a warp thread. 2. (pl. Stamens, rarely Stamina.) (Bot.) 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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