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Oophore :: Oophore (n.) An alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which bears antheridia and archegonia, and so has sexual fructification, as contrasted with the sporophore, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless number. In ferns the oophore is a minute prothallus; in mosses it is the leafy plant..

Apetalous :: Apetalous (a.) Having no petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under Anther]..

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

Panther :: Panther (n.) A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zoologists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body..

Gynantherous :: Gynantherous (a.) Pertaining to an abnormal condition of the flower, in which the stamens are converted into pistils..

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

Rupturewort :: Rupturewort (n.) A West Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides) somewhat resembling burstwort.

Valvate :: Valvate (a.) Opening as if by doors or valves, as most kinds of capsules and some anthers..

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

Theca :: Theca (n.) A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord..

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..

Endothecium :: Endothecium (n.) The inner lining of an anther cell.

Water Willow :: Water willow () An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers..

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..

Antheridium :: Antheridium (n.) The male reproductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary..

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

Anantherous :: Anantherous (a.) Destitute of anthers.

Antheriferous :: Antheriferous (a.) Producing anthers, as plants..

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..

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