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Definition: Stamen |
StamenNoun1. The male reproductive organ of a flower. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stamen" was first used: 1668. (references) |
Etymology: Stamen \Sta"men\, noun; plural English Stamens(used only in the second sense); Latin Stamina(in the first sense). [Latin expression stamen the warp, thread, fiber, akin to Greek the warp, from to stand, akin to English stand. See Stand, and compare to Stamin, Stamina.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Biology & Biotechnology | The male organ of flowering plants. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The stamen is the male part of a flower. Most flowers have six stamens inside a perianth (the petals and sepals together). Each stamen consists of a thin stalk called a filament supporting an anther, which produces haploid pollen, essentially sperm cells of a flowering plant.
Scanning electron microscope image of
Penta lanceolata anther, with pollen on the surfaceSource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Stamen."
Crosswords: Stamen |
| English words defined with "stamen": androus, anther, Antipetalous ♦ filament, floral envelope ♦ Lepal ♦ Monandria, Monomerous ♦ Parapetalous, perianth ♦ Stamens, Staminodium. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "stamen": Staminodium. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Stamen" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Latin (stamen, thread, warp), Serbo-Croatian (strong). |
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| "Stargazer Lily Macro" by Annette Gulick Commentary: "A closeup of a flower - showing it's stamen, anther and pistil." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "Stamen" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Stamen" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
stamen | 30 |
flower stamen | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "stamen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | thekë (awn, fringe, pile, tassel), thek (awn, Brown, fall in flakes, fringe, Pierce, pile, put on speed, strike, tassel, toast). (various references) | |
Arabic | سداة العضو الذكري في الزهرة, سداة. (various references) | |
Chinese | 蕊 (pistil). (various references) | |
Czech | tyèinka. (various references) | |
Danish | stoevdrager, stamen. (various references) | |
Dutch | stamen, meeldraad. (various references) | |
Farsi | پود (Woof), جرثومه نرگیاه . (various references) | |
Finnish | hede. (various references) | |
French | étamine. (various references) | |
German | Staubblatt, Staubbeutel (anther, dust bag, sac, stamens). (various references) | |
Greek | στήμονας. (various references) | |
Hebrew | אבקן. (various references) | |
Hungarian | porzószál (phalanges, phalanx), porzó (pounce). (various references) | |
Italian | stame. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 雄蕊 , 雄蘂 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おしべ, ゆうずい. (various references) | |
Manx | staimyn. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | amenstay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | estame. (various references) | |
Romanian | staminã. (various references) | |
Russian | тычинка (stamina, thrum). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prašnik (anther, thrum). (various references) | |
Spanish | estambre (worsted, yarn). (various references) | |
Swedish | blommans ståndare. (various references) | |
Turkish | erkeklik organı (penis, phallus, pizzle, virile member), ercik. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | тичинка. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | stamen. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "stamen": stamens. (additional references) | |
Words containing "stamen": intertestamental, testament, testamentary, testaments. (additional references) | |
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"Stamen" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: estament, Saanen, samen, samin, Sataome, schauen, shamen, skaman, spamen, staden, stame, stamn, stamor, stampen, standen, Starman, staten, stayen, stimen, stimmen, stompen, stuben, tamen, tutamen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "stamen" (pronounced 'Sta"men'): Acumen, Agnomen, Albumen, Alumen, Bitumen, Cerumen, Cognomen, Coronamen, Culmen, Duramen, flamen, foramen, Germen, Legumen, lumen, Oleamen, Ostmen, Post-abdomen, Praenomen, Prenomen, Putamen, rumen, semen, Seralbumen, Vimen, Yamen. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: aments, mantes. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-m-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: amens, ament, antes, etnas, manes, manse, mates, means, meant, meats, mensa, menta, names, nates, neats, nemas, satem, stane, steam, tames, teams. | |
-2 letters: amen, anes, ante, ants, ates, east, eats, etas, etna, maes, mane, mans, mast, mate, mats, mean, meat, mesa, meta, name, neat, nema, nest, nets, same, sane, sate, seam, seat, sent. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-m-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: amnesty, anthems, batsmen, etamins, hetmans, inmates, laments, magnets, mantels, mantles, martens, meanest, sarment, smarten, stamens, tameins, tandems. | |
+2 letters: ailments, aliments, ambients, amentias, amnestic, amniotes, animates, augments, basement, boatsmen, casement, damndest, easement, emanates, etamines, garments, hematins, humanest, magentas, magnates, magnetos, manatees, manchets, mandates, mangiest, manifest, manliest, mannites, manteaus, mantises, mantlets, margents, matinees, matiness, mediants, megatons, melanist, menstrua, mesnalty, methanes, minarets, mintages, misagent, misatone, miseaten, mistaken, monstera, montages, montanes, mutagens, nametags, nutmeats, onstream, payments, raftsmen, raiments, remnants, sarmenta, sarments, seamount, semantic, smaltine, smartens, steaming, talesman, talesmen, tameness, tonearms, trashmen, varments. | |
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