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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
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
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sta·mened, adjective
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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
EXPAND "place," also "strength"), from base *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
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stamen  (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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