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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Stamens | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Stamen \Sta"men\, n.; pl. E. {Stamens}(used only in the second sense); L. {Stamina}(in the first sense). [L. stamen the warp, a thread, fiber, akin to Gr. [?] the warp, fr. [?] 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. | |
