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Filament vs Triadelphous - What's the difference?

filament | triadelphous |

In botany terms the difference between filament and triadelphous

is that filament is the stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther while triadelphous is having its stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form three separate groups, some of which may contain a lone stamen.

As a noun filament

is a fine thread or wire.

As an adjective triadelphous is

having its stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form three separate groups, some of which may contain a lone stamen.

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.

    • triadelphous

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (botany) Having its stamens fused together at least partly by the filaments so that they form three separate groups, some of which may contain a lone stamen.

    • Usage notes

    *Said of either a flower of a plants bearing such flowers.