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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stamen \Sta"men\ (st[=a]"m[e^]n), noun; pl. E. {Stamens} (-m[e^]nz) (used only in the second sense); L. {Stamina} (st[a^]m"[i^]*n[.a]) (in the first sense). [L. stamen the warp, a thread, fiber, akin to Gr. sth'mwn the warp, fr. 'ista'nai to stand, akin to E. stand. See {Stand}, and cf. {Stamin}, {Stamina}.]
1. A thread; especially, a warp thread.
2. (pl. {Stamens}, rarely {Stamina}.) (Bot.) The male organ of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
stamen
noun: the male reproductive organ of a flower [also: {stamina} (pl)]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "stamen": androecium, anther, calyx, carpel, corolla, corolla tube, corona, epicalyx, gynoecium, megasporophyll, microsporophyll, perianth, petal, pistil, receptacle, stigma, style, torus
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