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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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stamina \Stam"i*na\ (st[a^]m"[i^]*n[.a]), noun pl. See {Stamen}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stamina \Stam"i*na\, noun pl.
1. The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength.
2. Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State.
He succeeded to great captains who had sapped the whole stamina and resistance of the contest. --De Quincey.
3. Hence: The power of endurance; the ability to withstand fatigue, disease, deprivation, etc., and continue working. [1913 Webster +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
stamen
noun: the male reproductive organ of a flower [also: {stamina} (pl)]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
stamina
noun: enduring strength and energy [syn: {staying power}, {toughness}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
stamina See {stamen}
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
116 Moby Thesaurus words for "stamina": application, assiduity, assiduousness, backbone, balls, bottom, bulldog tenacity, chutzpah, cohesiveness, concentration, constancy, courage, decisiveness, diligence, dogged perseverance, doggedness, durability, endurance, energy, engrossment, fidelity, force, fortitude, gameness, grit, guts, gutsiness, guttiness, hardiness, hardness, heart, heart of oak, heartiness, indefatigability, indomitability, industriousness, industry, infrangibility, insistence, insistency, intestinal fortitude, lastingness, leatherlikeness, loyalty, lustihood, lustiness, mettle, mettlesomeness, might, mightiness, moxie, nerve, obstinacy, patience, patience of Job, permanence, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, pith, plodding, pluck, pluckiness, plugging, potency, power, powerfulness, preoccupation, relentlessness, resistance, resolution, robustness, ropiness, ruggedness, sand, sedulity, sedulousness, single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, slogging, spirit, spunk, spunkiness, stability, stalwartness, starch, staunchness, staying power, steadfastness, steadiness, stick-to-itiveness, sticking power, stiffness, stout heart, stoutness, strength, strength of will, stringiness, stubbornness, sturdiness, tenaciousness, tenacity, tirelessness, toleration, toughness, true grit, unbreakability, unbreakableness, unremittingness, unswerving attention, vigor, vigorousness, viscidity, vitality
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