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  • 1Stamen — For the Bulgarian physician, see Stamen Grigorov. Stamens of a Hippeastrum with white filaments and prominent anthers carrying pollen The stamen (plural stamina or stamens, from Latin stamen meaning thread of the warp ) is the pollen producing… …

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  • 2stamen — Floral structure made up of an anther and a filament. The stamen is the male organ of a flower …

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  • 3Stamen Grigorov — ( bg. Стамен Григоров) (October 27, 1878 October 27, 1945) was a prominent Bulgarian physician.Stamen Grigorov was born in the village of Studen Izvor (lit. Cold Spring , Tran Region, Bulgaria. He completed his secondary education in natural… …

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  • 4stamen — (n.) pollen bearing organ of a flower, 1660s, from Modern Latin (1625, Spigelus), from L. stamen stamen (Pliny), lit. thread of the warp in the upright loom (related to stare to stand ), from PIE *sta men (Cf. Gk. stemon warp, also used by… …

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  • 5Stamen — Sta men (st[=a] m[e^]n), n.; pl. E. {Stamens} ( m[e^]nz) (used only in the second sense); L. {Stamina} (st[a^]m [i^]*n[.a]) (in the first sense). [L. stamen the warp, a thread, fiber, akin to Gr. sth mwn the warp, fr. ista nai to stand, akin to E …

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  • 6The Botanic Garden — (1791) is a set of two poems, The Economy of Vegetation and The Loves of the Plants , by the British poet and naturalist Erasmus Darwin. The Economy of Vegetation celebrates technological innovation, scientific discovery and offers theories… …

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  • 7The Residents — Pays d’origine  États Unis Genre musical Avant garde Post punk musique expérimentale An …

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  • 8Stamen & Pistils — Infobox musical artist Name = Stamen Pistils Img capt = Stamen Pistils Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Washington, D.C., United States Genre = Indie rock, Folk Pop, Experimental, Electronic Years active = 2002… …

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  • 9stamen — sta•men [[t]ˈsteɪ mən[/t]] n. pl. sta•mens, stam•i•na [[t]ˈstæm ə nə[/t]] bot the pollen bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther • Etymology: 1640–50; < L stāmen warp, thread, stamen =stā(re) to stand+ men n.… …

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  • 10stamen — stamened, adj. /stay meuhn/, n., pl. stamens, stamina /stam euh neuh/. Bot. the pollen bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther. See diag. under flower. [1640 50; < L stamen warp in upright loom, thread, filament,&#8230; …

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