It is from the same root as the word anther, a part of the flower petal. From Wordnik.com. [Round Altered Box/ Inspiration] Reference
Cruger believed the viscid matter reaching the anther was a necessary condition for the germination of the pollen-grains. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
In some Petunias the filaments are unchanged, but in place of the anther is a small lamina, representing precisely the blade of an ordinary leaf. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
The column is here quite elongated, forked at the tip, the space between the forks occupied by the anther, which is hinged to the upper division. From Wordnik.com. [My Studio Neighbors] Reference
The anther is a little box like the ovary, and the pollen grain grows from the inside of it, being at first a part of it and nourished by the same sap. From Wordnik.com. [The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young] Reference
On this subject the reader may consult M. M.ller's paper on the anther of. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
= The pollen-bearing organ of the flower, usually consisting of filament and anther. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Keep pets separated from one anther after applying a product, so that it has time to dry. From Wordnik.com. [EPA takes steps to improve safety of flea and tick treatments] Reference
In these flowers the ovary, the stigma, and the anther were all in a rudimentary condition. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
This pollen is produced within the anther which, when ripe, bursts and discharges the pollen. From Wordnik.com. [The First Book of Farming] Reference
FARINA is the fine dust which is contained in the anther, and which shows itself also outside. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling] Reference
When it occurs, the true anther-lobes are usually atrophied, and little or no pollen is formed. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Cut five fine stamina in white wax, to the points of each attach an anther, cut in deep orange wax. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling] Reference
When the anther is involved it may be only partially so, or almost the whole organ may be transformed. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
In this case probably the two supernumerary stamens were petals which had assumed an anther-like character. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
At other times, however, the transformation takes place at the same time, both in the filament and in the anther. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
In most of the higher plants every blossom contains both the male organ (stamens and anther) and the female organ. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria] Reference
In other flowers, otherwise perfectly formed, one abortive stamen was found bearing a spherical indehiscent anther. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Not forsaking our assembly, as some are accustomed: but comforting one anther, and so much the more as you see the day approaching. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
STAMENS, or STAMINA, signify the filaments that surround the pistil; and the enlarged part at the end of each filament is called anther. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling] Reference
But now anther summer movie is coming to theaters that just might threaten the Oscar prospects for Christopher Nolan's dreamscape thriller. From Wordnik.com. ['Piranha 3D' makes a bid for Best Picture] Reference
The inner or upper portion of the anther-leaf is that which is most intimately concerned in the formation of pollen; it comparatively rarely. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
The bearings of these and other similar malformations on the morphology of the anther are alluded to under the head of petalody of the anther. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
It seems clear that in this transformation the lobes of the anther and the development of pollen have no relation to the production of ovules. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
This America is a rogue government, an arrogant aggressor, invading anther sovereign nation in defiance of the United Nations and international law. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
The stamens are here analogues not of a simple entire leaf, but of a lobed, digitate, or compound leaf, each subdivision bearing its separate anther. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
The pollen is set free by the opening (dehiscence) of the anther, generally by means of longitudinal slits, but sometimes by pores, as in the heath family. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
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