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How do you spell stamen?

Stamen is spelled S-T-A-M-E-N, ending in -men like specimen. The vowel before the n is an e, not an i or an a.

Letter by letter

S-T-A-M-E-N

Spelling note

The plural is stamens or, in botanical writing, stamina. Not to be confused with the everyday word stamina.

What it means for flower stock photos

The stamen is the pollen-bearing part of a flower. In macro photography it is usually the point of focus, because it carries the finest detail in the frame.

Common misspellings

  • stamin → stamen
  • stamon → stamen
  • staman → stamen
  • steman → stamen

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