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Webster 1913 Edition
Stamen
Sta′men
(stā′mĕn)
, Noun.
pl. E.
Stamens
(-mĕnz)
(used only in the second sense); L. Stamina
(stăm′ĭ-nȧ)
(in the first sense). 1.
A thread; especially, a warp thread.
Webster 1828 Edition
Stamen
STAMEN
,Noun.
plu.
1.
In a general sense, usually in the plural, the fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it its strength and solidity. Thus we say, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength. Hence,2.
Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of any thing; as the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a stage.3.
In botany, an organ of flowers for the preparation of the pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the filament and the anther. It is considered as the male organ of fructification.