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Pantherine :: Pantherine (a.) Like a panther, esp. in color; as, the pantherine snake (Ptyas mucosus) of Brazil..

Compositae :: Compositae (n. pl.) A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples..

Antheriferous :: Antheriferous (a.) Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower..

Filament :: Filament (n.) A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther..

Anther :: Anther (n.) That part of the stamen containing the pollen, or fertilizing dust, which, when mature, is emitted for the impregnation of the ovary..

Monogamic :: Monogamic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Monogamia; having a simple flower with united anthers.

Fertile :: Fertile (a.) Containing pollen; -- said of anthers.

Paraphysis :: Paraphysis (n.) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants..

Connective :: Connective (n.) That part of an anther which connects its thecae, lobes, or cells..

Inantherate :: Inantherate (a.) Not bearing anthers; -- said of sterile stamens.

Antheroid :: Antheroid (a.) Resembling an anther.

Monogamia :: Monogamia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants, having solitary flowers with united anthers, as in the genus Lobelia..

Puma :: Puma (n.) A large American carnivore (Felis concolor), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also catamount, cougar, American lion, mountain lion, and panther or painter..

Postticous :: Postticous (a.) Situated on the outer side of a filament; -- said of an extrorse anther.

Panther :: Panther (n.) In America, the name is applied to the puma, or cougar, and sometimes to the jaguar..

Syngenesian :: Syngenesia (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants in which the stamens are united by the anthers.

Antherozoid :: Antherozoid (n.) Alt. of Antherozooi.

Versatile :: Versatile (a.) Capable of turning; freely movable; as, a versatile anther, which is fixed at one point to the filament, and hence is very easily turned around; a versatile toe of a bird..

Pollen :: Pollen (n.) The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See Flower, and Illust. of Filament..

Male :: Male (v. t.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them..

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