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STAMEN
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Irregular inflected form: stamina
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The male reproductive organ of a flower
Classified under:
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)