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

“We’re trying to make the environmental movement more fun and diverse – it has become very dry and boring,” Sprinkle, 62, tells me, pointing to a suggestively exuberant hibiscus stamen.

From The Guardian ● May 15, 2017

The stamen consists a long, stalk-like filament with an anther at the end.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

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

Ms. Keen has spent a week teaching us the finer points of stamens and pistils, seedpods and flowers.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Brewers are nearly guaranteed a first-round bye, giving Woodruff an extra week to build stamina.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 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

These fibers consume large amounts of oxygen and are associated with improved stamina and athletic performance.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026

Historically regarded as a summer stamina booster -- particularly among older and rural people -- dog meat has steadily fallen out of favour as younger Koreans embrace dogs as pets and public attitudes shift.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

Her only child’s wedding—die culmination of all she had been, thought or done in this world— had dragged from her energy and stamina even die did not know she possessed.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison