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Definition: Anther |
AntherNoun1. The part of the stamen that contains pollen; usually borne on a stalk. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Biology & Biotechnology | Pollen-producing structure of a plant. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The stamen is the male part of a flower. Most flowers have six stamens inside a perianth (the petals and sepals together). Each stamen consists of a thin stalk called a filament supporting an anther, which produces haploid pollen, essentially sperm cells of a flowering plant.
Scanning electron microscope image of
Penta lanceolata anther, with pollen on the surfaceSource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Stamen."
Crosswords: Anther |
| English words defined with "anther": antheridium, Antheriform, Antheroid ♦ Endothecium, Exothecium ♦ Pollen sac, pollenation, pollination, Postticous ♦ versatile. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "anther": Synantherous. (references) |
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| "Stargazer Lily Macro" by Annette Gulick Commentary: "A closeup of a flower - showing it's stamen, anther and pistil." |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Anther institution offering grants for NGOs and local authorities is the Foundation for Environmental Partnership for Central and Eastern Europe. (references) | |
Economic History | Netherlands | Anther popular juice export to the Netherlands is grapefruit juice. (references) |
Women | India | According to local press reports, anther Dalit woman was paraded naked in Karnataka in August due to a dispute between two Dalit castes. (references) |
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| "Anther" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "Anther" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 60% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 20% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 20% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
anther culture wheat | 10 |
anther day die | 9 |
anther | 7 |
anther culture tomato | 2 |
anther movie not teen | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "anther"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | المئبر, الجزء المحتوي على اللقاح. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | прашникова торбичка, прашник. (various references) | |
Chinese | 花药. (various references) | |
Czech | prašník. (various references) | |
Danish | stoevknap. (various references) | |
Dutch | helmknop. (various references) | |
Finnish | ponsi (emphasis, stress). (various references) | |
French | anthère. (various references) | |
German | Staubbeutel (dust bag, sac, stamen, stamens). (various references) | |
Greek | ανθήρας, ανθήρ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | portok. (various references) | |
Indonesian | tanduk rusa. (various references) | |
Italian | antera. (various references) | |
Manx | anthyr. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | antheray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | antera. (various references) | |
Romanian | anterã. (various references) | |
Russian | пыльник (dust-cloak, dustcoat, duster). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prašnik (stamen, thrum). (various references) | |
Spanish | antera. (various references) | |
Swedish | ståndarknapp. (various references) | |
Turkish | anter, ercik başı. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | пиляк. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | phấn hoa (anther-dust). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | anthera. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "anther": antheral, antherid, antheridia, antheridial, antheridium, antherids, anthers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "anther": panther. (additional references) | |
Words containing "anther": panthers. (additional references) | |
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"Anther" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aincher, aither, Alther, andthe, anhe, anhere, anither, anter, Antera, Antero, anth, anthal, anthar, anthea, anthes, anthrex, antoher, antther, ather, athery, atthe, auther, authier, canther, gandhar, Ianthi, Kantha, nahar, Naher, Nathu, nawthen, onthe, unther. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "anther" (pronounced 'An"ther'): ETHER, Grandfather, Lither, Mauther, Murther. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: thenar. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: antre, earth, hater, heart, neath, rathe, thane. | |
-2 letters: ante, earn, eath, etna, haen, haet, hant, hare, hart, hate, hear, heat, hent, hern, near, neat, rant, rate, rath, rent, rhea, tahr, tare, tarn, tear, tern, thae, than, then. | |
-3 letters: ane, ant, are, art, ate, ear, eat, era, ern, eta, eth, hae, hat, hen, her. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: another, anthers, chanter, earthen, enthral, hairnet, haunter, hearten, inearth, narthex, panther, thanker, thenars, tranche, unearth, urethan. | |
+2 letters: adherent, anchoret, antheral, antherid, antihero, chanters, chaunter, earthing, earthman, earthmen, earthnut, enthrall, enthrals, ethnarch, hairnets, hastener, haunters, heartens, hearting, herniate, inearths, ingather, leathern, merchant, neatherd, panthers, pentarch, perianth, snatcher, stancher, thankers, threaten, tranches, trashmen, unearths, unthread, urethane, urethans, wreathen. | |
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