stamen
IPA: stˈeɪmʌn
noun
- (botany) In flowering plants, the structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament.
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Examples of "stamen" in Sentences
- The stamens protrude from the throat.
- The stamen are enclosed in the corona.
- Another stamen then repeats this process.
- Stamens 12 18, with filaments connate at base.
- A whorl of stamens is in the center of the flower.
- The stamen is the male reproductive organ of a flower.
- The showy flowers are pendulous with a very large number of stamens.
- In orchid, when they get to 'stamen' they just link to the stamen page.
- At the center of the flower is a ring of stamens around the central ovary.
- Plants with five stamens with the abaxial stamen often spurred at the base.
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