stamen
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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
Sir Palomides interrupted with an explanation about pollen and stamens.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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
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
I don’t know how the doctors have the stamina to keep up.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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Life Science: Plants
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