Pollination is vital to the approximately 250,000 species of flowering plants that depend on the transfer of pollen from flower anther to stigma to reproduce.
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Anther
//ˈæn.θə//
Synonyms for "anther" (9 found)
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43 translations across 38 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- helmknop noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Albanian
1 entries- pjalmore noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Arabic
1 entries- مِئْبَر noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Bulgarian
1 entries- прашник noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Catalan
1 entries- antera noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 花葯 /花药 noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Czech
1 entries- prašník noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Danish
1 entries- støvknap noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Dutch
2 entries- anthere noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
- helmknop noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Esperanto
1 entries- antero noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Finnish
1 entries- ponsi noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
French
1 entries- anthère noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Galician
1 entries- antera noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
German
1 entries- Staubbeutel noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Hungarian
1 entries- portok noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Icelandic
1 entries- frjóhnappur noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Ido
1 entries- antero noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Irish
1 entries- antar noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Italian
1 entries- antera noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Japanese
1 entries- 葯 noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Latin
3 entries- anthera noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
- apex stāminis noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
- testiculus noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Manx
1 entries- anthyr noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Marathi
2 entries- परागकोश noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
- परागाशय noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Māori
1 entries- ketehae noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- porg noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Persian
1 entries- بساک noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Polish
1 entries- pylnik noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Portuguese
1 entries- antera noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Romanian
1 entries- anteră noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Russian
1 entries- пы́льник noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Slovak
1 entries- prašník noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Slovene
1 entries- prášnica noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Spanish
1 entries- antera noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Swedish
2 entries- knapp noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
- ståndarknapp noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Tagalog
1 entries- supot noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Thai
1 entries- อับเรณู noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пиляк noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Welsh
1 entries- anther noun (pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower)
Sample sentences
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The anther is the top-most part of the stamen, the flower’s male reproductive portion.
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Normally made up of four pollen sacs, the anther produces and releases pollen.
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Depending on the specific plant species, the transfer of pollen from anther to stigma is achieved by wind, gravity, water, birds, bats, or insects.
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