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stamen Definition

sta·men (stāmən)

noun pl. -·mens or stam·inastamə nə, stāmə-

a pollen-bearing organ in a flower, made up of a slender stalk (filament) and a pollen sac (anther); microsporophyll of a flowering plant

Etymology: ModL < L, thread, orig., warp (in an upright loom), akin to Gr stēmōn < IE *stamen-, a standing < base *sta-, stand

stamen Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: They always have many male stamens, which produce pollen.
  • remove: With a small, sharp, pointed knife remove the stamen from each of the flowers.
  • reveal: The vivid scarlet single form flowers open to reveal bright yellow stamens at their heart.
  • dry: Saffron, as a herb, is made from the dried stamen of the crocus and is widely used in the oriental kitchen.
  • surround: They carry generous clusters of gleaming flowers, with sleek scarlet sepals flaring to reveal a slim skirt of purple petals surrounding coral stamens.
  • call: The male germ cells, called pollen, are produced in a part of the flower called the stamen.

Adjective modifier

  • prominent: Fragrant, orange flowers with prominent dark stamens are borne in dense terminal spikes up to 25cm long.
  • yellow: The next unknown is a tree like plant with long vertical branches covered in very simple white flowers with yellow stamen.
  • golden: Exquisite in bud, they open fully to reveal a central boss of golden stamens.
  • long: Middle image - the male flowers carrying a cluster of long stamens.
  • many: The many yellow stamens are the most conspicuous feature of the flowers, varying in shade from bright to very pale.
  • bright: The vivid scarlet single form flowers open to reveal bright yellow stamens at their heart.

Modifies a noun

  • s: The males have 8 showy stamen s, the females a forked style.
  • group: The upper stamen group arise from the bell shaped part.
  • cell: Includes a splendid image of a Tradescantia stamen hair cell which clearly shows the cytoplasm strands.

Noun used with modifier

  • orange: Hedychium coccineum ' Tara ' has large spikes of dense, fragrant, orange trumpet-shaped flowers with prominent darker orange stamens.

Preposition: in

  • flower: However, they also noticed that the turned down stamens in the red flowers appeared to have shed their pollen.
  • group: Flower medium sized to large with funnel shaped receptacle, petals yellow; stamens in two groups, sensitive; Plants self sterile.

Preposition: of

  • flower: Look closely and you might just be able to see pollen at the tips of the stamens of the male tree flowers.

Preposition: with

  • anther: The five stamen with anthers match the five sacred wounds & the three stigma the nails.

Browse dictionary entries near stamen

  1. Stamboul
  2. stalwart
  3. Stallman, Richard
  4. stallion
  5. stall-feed
  6. stall
  7. stalky
  8. stalking-horse
  9. stalking
  10. stalk-eyed
  1. Stamford
  2. stamina
  3. staminal
  4. staminate
  5. stamini-
  6. staminiferous
  7. staminode
  8. staminody
  9. stammel
  10. stammer