Word Meanings - ANTHEROID - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Resembling an anther.
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- ANTHERIDIUM
The male reproductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary. -- An`ther*id"i*al, a. - ANTHERIFEROUS
Producing anthers, as plants. Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower. Gray. - ANTHEROID
Resembling an anther. - ANTHER
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. (more info) flowers, fr. Gr. - ANTHERIFORM
Shaped like an anther; anther-shaped. - RESEMBLINGLY
So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness. - RESEMBLANT
Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower. - ANTHEROGENOUS
Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower. - ANTHEROZOID; ANTHEROZOOID
One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams. - RESEMBLE
sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak. - RESEMBLABLE
Admitting of being compared; like. Gower. - RESEMBLER
One who resembles. - RESEMBLANCE
1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden. 2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness. - PANTHER
A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zoölogists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body. - ANANTHEROUS
Destitute of anthers. Gray. - SYNANTHEROUS
Having the stamens united by their anthers; as, synantherous flowers. - GYNANTHEROUS
Pertaining to an abnormal condition of the flower, in which the stamens are converted into pistils. A. Brown. - PANTHERESS
A female panther. - INANTHERATE
Not bearing anthers; -- said of sterile stamens. - BIANTHERIFEROUS
Having two anthers. - PANTHERINE
Like a panther, esp. in color; as, the pantherine snake (Ptyas mucosus) of Brazil.