ANTHER

AN'THER, noun [Latin anthera, a flowery plant, from the Greek, flowery, from a flower.]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.

---

anther. Anther, n. the top of the stamen of a flower, containing the fecundating dust

---

An″ther (�), n. [[F. anthère, L. anthera a medicine composed of flowers, fr. Gr. � flowery, fr. ανθεἰ̑ν 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 (�), a.