anther

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the pollen-producing part at the tip of a flower's stamen

   When the anther splits open, pollen is released onto visiting insects.

Borrowed through French anthere from Greek antheros ('flowery, blooming'), from anthos ('flower'). Botanists applied it to the pollen-bearing terminal part of a stamen, supported by the filament.

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