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

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

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

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

Sir Palomides interrupted with an explanation about pollen and stamens.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The sudden changes raised questions about the 80-year-old president's health and stamina, prompting an angry response when a reporter asked whether he was feeling well.

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

But after seven months with him on the job, you won’t find anyone at USC — players, coaches or administrators alike — with an ounce of distress over Patterson’s stamina.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 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

Elsewhere I have more stamina for these things, these acts of self-exposure; I could brazen them out.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood