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stamen

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK, US: /ˈsteɪ.mən/
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  • rhymes with -eɪmən

1

noun

Meaning 1

In flowering plants, a male reproductive structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the male reproductive organ of a flower

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reproductive structure

History

Etymology

From New Latin stāmen, from Ancient Greek στῆμα (stêma).

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: meeldraad — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Arabic: سَدَاة (sadāh) — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Armenian: առէջ (aṙēǰ) — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Bulgarian: тичинка (tičinka) — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Catalan: estam — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蕊 (ruǐ) — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雄蕊 (xióngruǐ) — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Czech: tyčinka — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Danish: støvdrager — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Dutch: meeldraad — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Esperanto: stameno — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Finnish: hede — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Finnish: hedelehti — A flower part that produces pollen
  • French: étamine — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Galician: estame — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Georgian: მტვრიანა (mṭvriana) — A flower part that produces pollen
  • German: Staubblatt — A flower part that produces pollen
  • German: Stamen — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Greek: στήμονας (stímonas) — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Hungarian: porzó — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Icelandic: fræfill — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Italian: stame — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Japanese: 雄蕊 — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Kazakh: аталық (atalyq) — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Korean: 수술 (susul) — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Korean: 수꽃술 (sukkotsul) — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Korean: 웅예 (ung'ye) — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Latvian: putekšņlapa — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Macedonian: пра́шник (prášnik) — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Māori: hematoa — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Polish: pręcik — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Portuguese: estame — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Romanian: stamină — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Russian: тычи́нка (tyčínka) — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Serbo-Croatian: прашник — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Serbo-Croatian: prašnik — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Slovene: prašnik — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Spanish: estambre — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Swedish: ståndare — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Telugu: కేసరము (kēsaramu) — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Thai: เกสรตัวผู้ (gee-sɔ̌ɔn-dtuua-pûu) — A flower part that produces pollen
  • Ukrainian: тичи́нка (tyčýnka) — A flower part that produces pollen