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stamens
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stamens
Stamen \Sta"men\ (st[=a]"m[e^]n), n.; pl. E. Stamens (-m[e^]nz) (used only in the second sense); L. Stamina (st[a^]m"[i^]*n[.a]) (in the first sense). [L. stamen the warp, a thread, fiber, akin to Gr. sth`mwn the warp, fr. 'ista`nai to stand, akin to E. stand. See Stand, and cf. Stamin, Stamina.]
A thread; especially, a warp thread.
(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.
Wiktionary
stamens
n. (plural of stamen English)