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A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.

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  1. n. A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.
  2. n. a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
  3. n. the stalk of a stamen
  4. n. a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
  5. n. a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
  6. A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.
  7. A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp.(Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.
  8. n:100 n. the stalk of a stamen n. a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) n. a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current