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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: anther n : the part of the stamen that contains pollen; usually borne on a stalk
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