stamen

Example Sentences

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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

Positively charged hummingbirds pull negatively charged plant stamens toward their beaks.

From New York Times

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

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

From Washington Post

Making it out to the beach, she guided the teenagers to some chocolate lilies — their bright-green pistils and mustard-yellow stamens peeking out from the rich brown petals — and urged the kids to take a whiff.

From Washington Post