Anther

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The pollen-bearing part of the stamen.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That part of the stamen containing the pollen, or fertilizing dust, which, when mature, is emitted for the impregnation of the ovary.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In botany, the essential polliniferous part of a stamen, generally raised upon the extremity of a filament.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the part of the stamen that contains pollen; usually borne on a stalk
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    reproductive structure   
    Cross Reference
    adnate anther   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    anthers    inflorescence    fertilisation    cilium    ovule    women-only    umbel    trillium    is...the    five-time   
     
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