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stam⋅i⋅na

1  [stam-uh-nuh]
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–noun
strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
Origin:
1535–45; < L, pl. of stāmen thread (see stamen ); i.e., the life-threads spun by the Fates
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stam⋅i⋅na

2  [stam-uh-nuh]
–noun
a pl. of stamen.

sta⋅men

  [stey-muhn]
–noun, plural sta⋅mens, stam⋅i⋅na  [stam-uh-nuh] . 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 stmōn warp, Skt sthāman place

Related forms:
stamened, adjective
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sta·men   (stā'mən)   
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.]
stam·i·na 1   (stām'ə-nə)   
n.  Physical or moral strength to resist or withstand illness, fatigue, or hardship; endurance.

[Latin stāmina, pl. of stāmen, thread, thread of life spun by the Fates; see stamen.]
sta·mi·na 2   (stā'mə-nə, stām'ə-)   
n.  A plural of stamen.
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Cultural Dictionary

stamen [(stay-muhn)]

The organ of a flower on which the pollen grows.

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Word Origin & History

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).

stamina 
1676, "rudiments or original elements of something," from L. stamina "threads," pl. of stamen (gen. staminis) "thread, warp" (see stamen). Sense of "power to resist or recover, strength, endurance" first recorded 1726 (originally pl.), from earlier meaning "congenital vital capacities of a person or animal," also in part from L. application to the threads spun by the Fates to determine the length and course of one's life, and partly from a fig. use of L. stamen "the warp (of cloth)" on the notion of the warp as the "foundation" of a fabric.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: stam·i·na
Pronunciation: 'stam-&-n&
Function: noun
: the strength or vigor of bodily constitution : capacity forstanding fatigue or resisting disease stamina following recovery from major surgery —Journal of the American Medical Association>
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Science Dictionary
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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