Definition of anther

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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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Monogamic :: Monogamic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Monogamia; having a simple flower with united anthers.
Valve :: Valve (n.) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry..
Anantherous :: Anantherous (a.) Destitute of anthers.
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..
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..
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..
Pantheress :: Pantheress (n.) A female panther.
Antherozoid :: Antherozoid (n.) Alt. of Antherozooi.
Incumbent :: Incumbent (a.) Leaning or resting; -- said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them..
Antherogenous :: Antherogenous (a.) Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower..
Pard :: Pard (n.) A leopard; a panther.
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..
Anticous :: Anticous (a.) Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily..
Synanthesis :: Synantherous (a.) Having the stamens united by their anthers; as, synantherous flowers..
Syngenesis :: Syngenesious (a.) Having the stamens united by the anthers; of or pertaining to the Syngenesia.
Anfractuose :: Anfractuose (a.) Anfractuous; as, anfractuose anthers..
Pollen :: Pollen (n.) The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See Flower, and Illust. of Filament..
Synanthous :: Synanthesis (n.) The simultaneous maturity of the anthers and stigmas of a blossom.
Panther :: Panther (n.) In America, the name is applied to the puma, or cougar, and sometimes to the jaguar..
Monogamia :: Monogamia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants, having solitary flowers with united anthers, as in the genus Lobelia..
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