The anther of a stamen in a flower. Obsolete. rare.

Botany. An anther. Obsolete.

A name for an anther. (? from its scattering pollen.)

Botany. An anther on a stamen. Cf. tip, n.1 1c. Obsolete.

Misapplied by Ray, and some after him, to the anther (also apex, pendant, semet, or summit).

Botany. = anther, n.

Botany. The anther of a stamen (cf. earlier apex, n.1 5a). Occasionally also: the stigma of a pistil (stigma, n. 6). Obsolete.

Old name for an anther, or summit of a stamen. Cf. apex, n.1 5a. Obsolete.

The part of a stamen in which pollen is produced, typically borne on a filament and consisting of two lobes joined by a connective.

Botany. The portion of the filament which connects the two lobes of the anther. Also in Latin form.

a partition or septum separating locules of an anther; cf. trophosperm n.

an opening in an anther through which the pollen is shed.

Used for connective, adj. 2, and Connective tissue.