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STAMEN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: stamina   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The male reproductive organ of a flower

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("stamen" is a kind of...):

reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)

Meronyms (parts of "stamen"):

anther (the part of the stamen that contains pollen; usually borne on a stalk)

gynostegium (the crown of the stamen in plants of the genus Asclepias)

Holonyms ("stamen" is a part of...):

bloom; blossom; flower (reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts)

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