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Filament vs Medifixed - What's the difference?

filament | medifixed |

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

is that filament is (botany) the stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther while medifixed is (botany) said of an anther group attached to the filament at somewhere along the length of its connective.

As a noun filament

is a fine thread or wire.

As an adjective medifixed is

(botany) said of an anther group attached to the filament at somewhere along the length of its connective.

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.
  • medifixed

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (botany) Said of an anther group attached to the filament at somewhere along the length of its connective.