蕊
蕊: stamen
stamen; pistil
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Readings
On
ズイ
Kunしべ
In everyday speech 雄蕊 is おしべ and 雌蕊 is めしべ; the on-readings ゆうずい and しずい are botanical terms.
Key words
雄蕊おしべstamen
雌蕊めしべpistil
蕊しべstamen; pistil
花蕊かずいstamens and pistils
雌蕊しずいpistil (technical)
Example sentences
ミツバチは、花の雄蕊についた花粉を集めている。
The honeybee is collecting the pollen on the flower's stamens.
雌蕊の先に花粉がつくと、やがて実ができる。
When pollen sticks to the tip of the pistil, fruit eventually forms.
ルーペでのぞくと、花蕊の細い糸が一本ずつ見えた。
Looking through a loupe, I could see each thin thread of the flower's stamens.