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Definition of Stamens
1. stamen [n] - See also: stamen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stamens
Literary usage of Stamens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The stamens vary in number, from one to many hundreds. Like the other ports of
the flower they are modified leaves, resembling leaves in their structure, ..."
2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"Since in every species of plant the number of stamens remains constant, thus in
the Mare'stail (Hippuris) there is one, in Lilac two, in Iris three, ..."
3. Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary, and Physiological: With by Lincoln Phelps (1846)
"Although in the case of plants whose stamens and pistils are on separate ...
Some imagine that honey contributes to the perfection of the stamens: but ..."
4. Chambers's Information for the People: A Popular Encyclopaedia by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1853)
"If there are three stamens, they lie- long to the first order, ... If they have
five stamens, they belong to the first order, ..."
5. Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary and Physiological: With by Lincoln Phelps (1836)
"Although in the case of plants whose stamens and pistils are on separate ...
Some imagine that honey contributes to the perfection of the stamens: but ..."
6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Number of stamens usually 3; styles free жх. Number of stamens 8-30; styles united
to the apex into a at apex 30. Traería. swollen column 31. ..."
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