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stamen

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A thread; especially, a warp thread.

The male organ of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament.

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All of the other orchids, the clade called Monandria, retain only the central stamen, the others being reduced to staminodes (4). Source: Internet

However, an intact thale cress stamen does not have such collar, this is a fixation artifact: the stamen has been cut below the picture frame, and epidermis (upper layer of cells) of stamen stalk has peeled off, forming a non-characteristic structure. Source: Internet

His poetic concept was to anthropomorphise the stamen (male) and pistil (female) sexual organs, as bride and groom. Source: Internet

Flowers typically have two of their stamenoids (sterile stamens ) fused to form a petaloid lip, and have only one fertile stamen. Source: Internet

The rims around the outside of the hypanthium contain the calyx lobes or free sepals, petals and either the stamen or multiple stamen that are attached at one or two points. Source: Internet

Captivated by this reality, I created mandalas from various parts of flowers, using stamen, pistil, petals, leaves, and bracts, basically dissecting the flowers carefully and pressing the various parts. Source: Internet

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