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stamen

stamen

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The part of a flower that makes pollen
  • noun
  • /ˈsteɪmən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : estambre
  • The purple is deeper, the petals thicker, the stamen more erect.
  • stamens and pistils
  • stamens and carpels
  • flowers with stamens

And if there is young orchid in the room watching with you right now, please cover their stamen now.

Examples

  • In many flowers, the stamen produces the pollen needed for reproduction.

  • The stamen of a flower consists of a filament and an anther.

  • Even in very small flowers, you can find as many as 10 to 15 stamens.

    Topaz (1969)

  • The shadows of the stamen and stigma.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • So they have bright yellow stamens, kind of a dark pink blush of an eye down in there and then this delicate soft pink.

  • Do you know that, in certain willows, pistils and stamens can sometimes change into each other?

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The petals wilted, and the stamens discharged a cloud of swirling yellow pollen.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the male reproductive organ stamen to the female reproductive organ, the pistil?

    Trojan War (1997)

  • Notice how the layers of petals overlap, how the stamens stand erect and sticky, probing the air.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • When studying botany, understanding the role of the stamen is essential for grasping plant reproduction.

Surface Forms

stamen singular
stamens plural

Etymology

Stamen comes from a Latin word meaning 'thread', because the stamen looks like a thin thread in the flower. That's why a stamen is the thread-like part that holds a flower's pollen.