Applied to various structures in plants or animals resembling small threads, or a tuft of these. plural. The florets of the disk in a composite…

The filament or thread of the stamen, or the stamen as a whole. archaic or Obsolete.

Botany. The male or fertilizing organ of a flowering plant, consisting of two parts, the anther, which is a double-celled sac containing the…

In plants: The name given by Grew to the parts within the floral leaves or corolla, especially the stamens (seminiform attire), and the florets of…

Term used by Grew for an anther, n.

Botany. A filament; a stamen. Obsolete.

Botany. That part of the stamen which supports the anther; also (see quot. 1884).

Botany. A bundle of stamens united by their filaments.

Bot. A name applied by some to the column formed by the united filaments in monadelphous plants, or a more or less columnar portion of the…

A sterile or abortive stamen, or an organ resembling an abortive stamen, without its anther.

A name given to the whole of the male organs of a flower.

= staminodium, n.

Botany. = phalanx, n. 5. Obsolete. rare.