4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stamen  \Sta"men\,  n.;  pl  E.  {Stamens}(used  only  in  the  second 
  sense);  L.  {Stamina}(in  the  first  sense).  [L.  stamen  the 
  warp,  a  thread,  fiber,  akin  to  Gr  ?  the  warp,  fr  ?  to 
  stand  akin  to  E.  stand  See  {Stand},  and  cf  {Stamin}, 
  {Stamina}.] 
  1.  A  thread;  especially,  a  warp  thread. 
 
  2.  (pl.  {Stamens},  rarely  {Stamina}.)  (Bot.)  The  male  organ 
  of  flowers  for  secreting  and  furnishing  the  pollen  or 
  fecundating  dust.  It  consists  of  the  anther  and  filament. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stamina  \Stam"i*na\,  n.  pl 
  See  {Stamen}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stamina  \Stam"i*na\,  n.  pl 
  1.  The  fixed,  firm  part  of  a  body,  which  supports  it  or  gives 
  it  strength  and  solidity;  as  the  bones  are  the  stamina  of 
  animal  bodies;  the  ligneous  parts  of  trees  are  the  stamina 
  which  constitute  their  strength. 
 
  2.  Whatever  constitutes  the  principal  strength  or  support  of 
  anything  power  of  endurance;  backbone;  vigor;  as  the 
  stamina  of  a  constitution  or  of  life;  the  stamina  of  a 
  State. 
 
  He  succeeded  to  great  captains  who  had  sapped  the 
  whole  stamina  and  resistance  of  the  contest.  --De 
  Quincey. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stamina 
  n  :  enduring  strength  and  energy  [syn:  {staying  power},  {toughness}] 

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