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Filament vs Adelphy - What's the difference?

filament | adelphy |

In botany|lang=en terms the difference between filament and adelphy

is that filament is (botany) the stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther while adelphy is (botany) fusion of stamen filaments.

As nouns the difference between filament and adelphy

is that filament is a fine thread or wire while adelphy is (botany) fusion of stamen filaments.

filament

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fine thread or wire.
  • Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.
  • (physics, astronomy) A massive, thread-like structure, such as those gaseous ones which extend outward from the surface of the sun, or such as those (much larger) ones which form the boundaries between large voids in the universe.
    • solar filament
    galaxy filament
    the Ursa Major Filament
  • (botany) The stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther.
  • (textiles) A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.

    • adelphy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (botany) Fusion of stamen filaments.

    • Usage notes

    * Above five groups of fused stamens, (term) is preceded with the numeral.

    Derived terms

    * monadelphy, monadelphous * diadelphy, diadelphous * triadelphy, triadelphous * tetradelphy, tetradelphous * pentadelphy, pentadelphous * polyadelphy, polyadelphous