Definitions for stamen

stamen sta·men

Spelling: [stey-muh n]
IPA: /ˈsteɪ mən/

Stamen is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 175 anagrams from letters in stamen (aemnst).

Definitions for stamen

noun

  1. the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.

Origin of stamen

1640-50; Latin stāmen warp in upright loom, thread, filament, equivalent to stā(re) to stand + -men noun suffix; akin to Greek stḗmōn warp, Sanskrit sthāman place

Examples for stamen

The part of a stamen which supports the anther; any thread-like body.

Pollen: the powdery substance borne by the stamen of the flower.

Well, then, does every male animal have a stamen and every female an ovary?

But, mamma, I thought that all living beings were obliged to have a stamen or an ovary!

In his hand he carried the stamen of a lotus-flower as a sceptre.

Sometimes the stamen has no filament, and the anther is then said to be sessile.

Why the notches of a fern leaf or the stamen of a water lily?

Name composed of , hair and , stamen, from the capillary filaments.

The portion of a stamen which connects the two cells of the anther.

stamen with the usual dehiscence of anther down the side of each cell.

Word Value for stamen
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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