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Webster 1913 Edition
Anther
An′ther
,Noun.
[F.
anthère
, L. anthera
a medicine composed of flowers, fr. Gr. [GREEK] flowery, fr. ἀνθεῖν
to bloom, ἄνθοσ
flower.] (Bot.)
That part of the stamen containing the pollen, or fertilizing dust, which, when mature, is emitted for the impregnation of the ovary.
– An′ther-al
, Adj.
Webster 1828 Edition
Anther
AN'THER
,Noun.
In botany, the summit or top of the stamen, connected with the flower, and elevated by means of the filament or thread, within the corol. It contains the pollen, or fertilizing dust, which, when mature, is emitted for the impregnation of the stigma. It is called by Ray, the apex, and by Malpighi, the capsula staminis.