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anther

  (ăn'thər) pronunciation
n.

The pollen-bearing part of the stamen.

[Medieval Latin anthēra, pollen, from Latin, a medicine extracted from flowers, from Greek, from feminine of anthēros, flowery, from anthos, flower.]


 
 
pollen -bearing structure of the stamen of a flower, usually borne on a slender stalk called the filament. Each anther generally consists of two pollen sacs, which open when the pollen is mature. The method of opening, or dehiscence, is uniform in any single species of plant.


 

The terminal part of a stamen, containing pollen in one or more pollen sacs.

 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the part of the stamen that contains pollen; usually borne on a stalk


 
Translations: Translations for: Anther

Dansk (Danish)
n. - støvknap

Nederlands (Dutch)
helmknop

Français (French)
n. - anthère

Deutsch (German)
n. - (bot.) Staubbeutel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) ανθήρας

Italiano (Italian)
antera (bot.)

Português (Portuguese)
n. - antera (f) (Bot.)

Русский (Russian)
пыльник

Español (Spanish)
n. - antera, borlilla

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ståndarknapp

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
花药, 雄蕊的花粉囊

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 花藥, 雄蕊的花粉囊

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 꽃밥, 약

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 葯

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جز السداده‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מאבק - חלק עליון של אבקן בפרח‬


 
 

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