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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.

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.

Producing anthers, as plants.

Shaped like an anther; anther-shaped.

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.

Destitute of anthers. Gray.

Having two anthers.

Pertaining to an abnormal condition of the flower, in which the stamens are converted into pistils. A. Brown.

Not bearing anthers; -- said of sterile stamens.

In America, the name is applied to the puma, or cougar, and sometimes to the jaguar. Panther cat (Zoöl.), the ocelot. -- Panther cowry (Zoöl.), a spotted East Indian cowry (Cypræa pantherina); -- so called from its color.

A female panther.

Like a panther, esp. in color; as, the pantherine snake (Ptyas mucosus) of Brazil.

Having the stamens united by their anthers; as, synantherous flowers.

Growing together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts. An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament. Gray.

Anfractuous; as, anfractuose anthers.

Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily.

Having no petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under Anther].

nous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples.