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stamen
n. pollen-bearing organ of a flower (Botany)


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Stamen
The stamen (plural stamina, from Latin stamen meaning "thread of the warp") is the male organ of a flower. Each stamen generally has a stalk called the filament (from Latin filum, meaning "thread"), and, on top of the filament, an anther (from Ancient Greek anthera, feminine of antheros "flowery," from anthos "flower"), pollen sacs, called microsporangia. The development of the microsporangia and the contained haploid gametophytes, (called pollen-grains) is closely comparable with that of the microsporangia in gymnosperms or heterosporous ferns. The pollen is set free by the opening (dehiscence) of the anther, generally by means of longitudinal slits, but sometimes by pores, as in the heath family (Ericaceae), or by valves, as in the barberry family (Berberidaceae). It is then dropped, or carried by some external agent — wind, water or some member of the  animal kingdom — onto the receptive surface of the carpel of the same or another flower, which is thus pollinated. Typical flowers have six stamens inside a perianth (the petals and sepals together), arranged in a whorl around the carpel (pistil). But in some species there are many more than six present in a flower (see, for example, the spider tree flower, below). Collectively, the stamens are called an androecium (from Greek andros oikia: man's house). They are positioned just below the gynoecium. The anthers are bilocular, i.e. they have two locules. Each locule contains a microsporangium. The tissue between the locules and the cells is called the connective.
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stamen
Noun
1. the male reproductive organ of a flower
(hypernym) reproductive structure
(part-holonym) flower, bloom, blossom
(part-meronym) anther


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Stamen
(n.)
The male organ of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament.
  
 
(n.)
A thread; especially, a warp thread.
  

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