'Stamen' is a word borrowed from Latin 'stamen'. The word entered the English language some time around 1668.
stamen [noun] [1668]
- a microsporophyll of a seed plant
- the pollen-producing male organ of a flower that consists of an anther and a filament
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Etymology: Latin, warp, thread, from 'stare' to stand
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