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A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber;
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the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.
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Stalk of the stamen that bears the anther.
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A fine thread; in a stamen, the stalk supporting the anther.
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(see: Parts of a Flower graphic.)
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The thin, stalk that supports the anther.
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The stem or stalk upon which the anther sits; together, the filament and anther make up the stamen, which is the male reproductive system (in the flower) of a plant.
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In a flower, the slender stalk of the stamen.
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fine stalk that holds up the anther
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holds the anther up.
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slender, threadlike process.
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n. (L. filum, thread) the stalk bearing the anther.
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Any thread-like structure, but is used especially to describe the part of the stamen which supports the anther.
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Stalk of a stamen (Fig. 4.16).
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Part of the stamen in a flower that supports the anther.
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Slender wisp or drawn-out form of gaseous material moving outward from an object.
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The part of a stamen that supports the anther. Commonly a very slender tube.
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slender or tread-like structure, said of certain elongated fin rays in some fishes
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The thin strand that holds the anther aloft.
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a threadlike anatomical structure or chainlike series of cells
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a very lightweight thread which does not have a stack associated with it
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Anther-bearing stalk of a stamen; thread.
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Structure that supports the anther so that it can disseminate pollen to flowers on the same plant or flowers on other plants.
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A tubular structure supporting the anther
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the part of a stamen which supports the anthers, also the appendices constituing the corona of the passionflowers, as seen on Passiflora edulis.
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Part of the stamen in flowers. It supports the anther.
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The thin thread like part of the stamen which carries the anther.
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The part of the stamen that supports the anther, a stalk.
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Stalk-like part of the stamen that supports the anther.
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The part of the stamen that typically serves as a stalk for the anther.
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A threadlike element of a bacterium; a hypha of a fungus.
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stalk of stamen carrying anther
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the stalk of an anther.
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the stalk-like portion of the stamen.
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a thread-like structure; that part of the stamen which supports the anther.
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one thread or a skinny flexible threadlike object extending from a living organism; used to hold together
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A stalk of a stamen bearing the anther at its tip.
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The part of the stamen which supports the anther.   The stalk of the stamen.   See drawing of flower parts.
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(FILL-uh-ment) -- The stemlike structure which supports the anther; a part of the stamen.
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the long thin part of the stamen; male flower part that holds the anther.
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The stalk of a stamen
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Tube that supports the anther where pollen is produced.
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thread-like portion of the stamen that supports the anther.
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thread-like body
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threadlike part of stamen that bears the anther.
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the long thin structure that holds the anther.
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see stalk.
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the long shaft of a stamen atop which the anther is attached.
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The slender stalks that hold a flower's pollen-bearing anthers and form one half of the stamen.
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The part of a stamen (male reproductive part of a flower) that is shaped like and functions as a stalk, and has an anther at the top.
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Supports anther (see diagram).
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The filament is the part of the flower that holds the anther.
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