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  • n  the male reproductive organ of a flower

  • The man who appeared nude on the Lovesexy cover with a strategically-placed flower stamen where his, er, stamen would have been? Has he gotten that clean, or have we gotten that .
  • These creatures are the world's pollinators, quietly nuzzling and probing flowers for nectar and in the process, transferring DNA-bearing pollen from stamen to stigma.
  • He points to one, saying: "See her stamen trembling for the electric penetration of pollen.
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  • Matty's Bookbag: Religion a powerful force in ‘Owen Meany'
    The charming and easy-to-grow annual we call Cosmos appear in nearly every garden each summer because most of us find them irresistible. Indeed, at the very heart of each pristine-white, deep magenta-red, or candy-pink flower is a tight cluster of golden, star-shaped stamen and pistils.
    Aug. 25, 2013 - New Jersey Herald

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