Anther

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  • noun. The pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In botany, the essential polliniferous part of a stamen, generally raised upon the extremity of a filament.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. That part of the stamen containing the pollen, or fertilizing dust, which, when mature, is emitted for the impregnation of the ovary.
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  • noun. The pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the part of the stamen that contains pollen; usually borne on a stalk
    • Word Usage
    "He said well son (I was two years younger but every one was son to him) he looks a little bettern me,. .he took a pull on his ber and said "but damn sure he gonna think twice about winnin anther fight with me"."
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    adnate anther  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    reproductive structure  
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    anthers  cilium  dirt-streaked  featherweight  fertilisation  
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