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.