Definition of "anthers" []

• Plural form of anther. (noun)

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• "In the centre of the anthers is a shining point of warm sea-green, a last, consummate touch which makes the beauty of the blos -"
• "The former of these are secreted by the anthers from the vegetable blood, and the latter by the styles or pericarp; see the Additional"
• "The lower cell of each of the two fertile anthers, which is much reduced and different from the superior even in _Salvia officinalis_, is transmuted in other _salviæ_ into an organ (nectarotheca) having a very different form and function, and finally disappears entirely in _Salvia verticillata_."