anther

UK: /ˈænθə/ US: /ˈænθɚ/ ,(an′thər)

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an•ther /ˈænθɚ/   n. [uncountable]

1. Botany the part of a flower that carries pollen.

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an•ther  (an′thər), n. [Bot.]

1. Botany the pollen-bearing part of a stamen. See diag. under flower. 

• Greek, feminine of anthērós flowery; see anthesis
• Latin
• Neo-Latin anthēra
• 1545–55

an′ther•al, adj. 
an′ther•less, adj. 

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anther / ˈænθə/ noun

1. the terminal part of a stamen consisting usually of two lobes each containing two sacs in which the pollen matures

Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin anthēra, from Latin: a remedy prepared from flowers, from Greek, from anthēros flowery, from anthos flower