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Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower.

Resembling an anther.

One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.

The period or state of full expansion in a flower. Gray.

A beetle which feeds on flowers.

A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris.

velopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple.

Same as Anthokyan.

The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into a involucrate head.

A description of flowers.

Resembling a flower; flowerlike.

The blue coloring matter of certain flowers. Same as Cyanin.

A fossil plant, like a petrified flower.

Pertaining to anthology; consisting of beautiful extracts from different authors, especially the poets. He published a geographical and anthological description of all empires and kingdoms . . . in this terrestrial globe. Wood.

One who compiles an anthology.

A collection of flowers; a garland. [R.]

A extravagant fondness for flowers. [R.]

See Saint Anthony's Fire, under Saint.

Eating flowers; -- said of certain insects.

Lit., fond of flowers; hence, feeding upon, or living among, flowers.