Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Anther"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anther \An"ther\, n. [F. anth[`e]re, L. anthera a medicine
composed of flowers, fr. Gr. ? flowery, fr. 'anqei^n to
bloom, 'a`nqos 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}, a.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
anther
n : the part of the stamen that contains pollen; usually borne
on a stalk
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