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

What is the primary difference between a stamen and a carpel?

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018

“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

She drew faces, places, and minute details of plants and animals—a stamen here, a paw there, the rotted out tooth of an aged goat.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

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

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

Later that day, her students would tear those silky petals from their stems, counting stamens and pistils to learn botany.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2021

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

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

There are all sorts of giant gadgets for the games, which might involve skill or stamina or being smart and involve a giant gumball machine or lickable wallpaper, per the book and movie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 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

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

It was a combination of his relentless stamina, survival skills, and mathematical mind that made him the perfect candidate to join one of Brazil’s boldest and most brutal projects—building the telegraph network.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple