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

It takes less than three minutes for a Loasoideae stamen to travel from the outside in — nimble by plant standards.

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

I was the stamen in the middle of a twirling flower.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd