anther

English

Etymology

From French anthère, from Ancient Greek ἀνθηρός (anthērós, “flowery, blooming”), from ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.θə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.θɚ/

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Noun

anther (plural anthers)

1. (botany) The pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower.

   Synonym: (obsolete) summit

Derived terms

• antheral
• anthered
• antheriferous
• antheriform
• antherless
• antheroid

Translations

pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower

Afrikaans: helmknop (af) Albanian: pjalmore (sq) f Arabic: مِئْبَر m (miʔbar) Bulgarian: прашник m (prašnik) Catalan: antera f Chinese: Mandarin: 花葯 / 花药 (zh) (huāyào) Czech: prašník m Danish: støvknap c Dutch: helmknop (nl) m, anthere f Esperanto: antero (eo) Finnish: ponsi (fi) French: anthère (fr) f Galician: antera (gl) f German: Staubbeutel m Hungarian: portok (hu) Icelandic: frjóhnappur m Ido: antero (io) Irish: antar m Italian: antera (it) f Japanese: 葯 (ja) (やく, yaku) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: porg m Latin: apex stāminis m, anthera f, testiculus m Manx: anthyr m Maori: ketehae Marathi: परागाशय ? (parāgāśay), परागकोश ? (parāgkoś) Persian: بساک (fa) (basâk) Polish: pylnik (pl) m Portuguese: antera f Romanian: anteră (ro) f Russian: пы́льник (ru) m (pýlʹnik) Slovak: prašník m Slovene: prášnica f Spanish: antera (es) f Swedish: ståndarknapp (sv) c, knapp (sv) c Tagalog: supot (tl) Thai: อับเรณู (àp-ree-nuu) Ukrainian: пиляк m (pyljak) Welsh: anther m

Anagrams

• Tehran, arthen, harten, nather, thenar