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A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry.

Capable of turning; freely movable; as, a versatile anther, which is fixed at one point to the filament, and hence is very easily turned around; a versatile toe of a bird. -- Ver"sa*tile*ly, adv. -- -- Ver"sa*tile*ness, n.

from the horizon upward, and of depression when downward below the horizon. -- Vertical anthers (Bot.), such anthers as stand erect at the top of the filaments. -- Vertical circle (Astron.), an azimuth circle. See under Azimuth. -- Vertical drill, an drill. See under Upright. -- Vertical fire (Mil.), the fire, as…

An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers.

plied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.