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

The second group was more lackadaisical, and its fresh stamen concentration peaked at the 45-minute mark.

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2019

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

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

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

In her hair was a stamen from a flower.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White

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

Instead, the rodents brush against the scores of scarlet stamens, which carry the pollen that could then cling to the their fur coats until being transferred to another feijoa tree.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 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

They couldn’t remember things the way everyone else could, or see the models that were in the air, you know, of chromosomes or stamens.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson

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

“I feel all right,” said Wrobleski, a first-time All-Star, about his season-long stamina after his last outing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 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

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

He regained all the weight and stamina he had lost in the underground prison.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden