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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

The honeybee is collecting the pollen on the flower's stamens.

When pollen sticks to the tip of the pistil, fruit eventually forms.

Looking through a loupe, I could see each thin thread of the flower's stamens.

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