ANTHER


Meaning of ANTHER in English

n. Bot. the apical portion of a stamen containing pollen.

Derivatives:

antheral adj.

Etymology: F anth{egrave}re or mod.L anthera, in L 'medicine extracted from flowers' f. Gk anthera flowery, fem. adj. f. anthos flower

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.