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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.

 

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