stamen

This allowed them to identify a signal emitted by the maternal tissue that attracts pollen tubes by leading them to elongate along the stamen tissue and reach the site of fertilization.

From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024

When a bee rummages around for nectar in the flower’s center, it triggers the next stamen to come sweeping in, ready for a new bee, or the previous bee’s return.

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2019

Each stamen consists of a stalk called a filament with an anther at its tip.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018

Her ivory neck and face rises like a stamen from her red satin dress, perhaps evoking the Florentine fleur-de-lis.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 22, 2010

I was the stamen in the middle of a twirling flower.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

Inside the egg, a surprise awaits: a bouquet of flowers made of white quartz wood anemones, each flower with gold wire stem and stamens.

From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025

The hairy flower has a clear, glossy bottom and a yellow-orange tube that contains its stamens.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2023

Positively charged hummingbirds pull negatively charged plant stamens toward their beaks.

From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2022

Later in spring, bloom continues more demurely, when Magnolia wilsonii and M. sieboldii, a couple of Larson’s favorite species, produce fragrant, nodding white flowers with pink to crimson stamens.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2022

The lecture on pistils and stamens turns into a big Fla-ha.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

"We must now find the stamina to push through to conclude our discussions on all the critical topics before us," said Schomaker, the executive secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

They’re in it for the long haul—there is a sense of orderliness, of anger and energy being spent judiciously to preserve stamina.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

If negotiations were to resume, it’s unclear whether Trump and his coterie of negotiators have the stamina or the foreign service expertise to bring about an accord.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

This is four years, a tennis lifetime, returning to an individual sport which requires intense stamina and mental discipline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

She was older than many of the space pilgrims, some of whom were just out of college, but she matched them at every turn for enthusiasm and work stamina.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly