stamen
stamen
Definition
sta·men (stā′mən)
noun pl. -·mens or stam′·inastam′ə nə, stā′mə-
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
- Stamboul
- stalwart
- Stallman, Richard
- stallion
- stall-feed
- stall
- stalky
- stalking-horse
- stalking
- stalk-eyed
