Definition of Anthers. Meaning of Anthers. Synonyms of Anthers

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Anthers. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Anthers and, of course, Anthers synonyms and on the right images related to the word Anthers.

Definition of Anthers

No result for Anthers. Showing similar results...

Vertical anthers
Vertical Ver"ti*cal, a. [Cf. F. vertical. See Vertex.] 1. Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one. Charity . . . is the vertical top of all religion. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb; as, a vertical line. Vertical angle (Astron. & Geod.), an angle measured on a vertical circle, called an angle of elevation, or altitude, when reckoned 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 of mortars, at high angles of elevation. Vertical leaves (Bot.), leaves which present their edges to the earth and the sky, and their faces to the horizon, as in the Australian species of Eucalyptus. Vertical limb, a graduated arc attached to an instrument, as a theodolite, for measuring vertical angles. Vertical line. (a) (Dialing) A line perpendicular to the horizon. (b) (Conic Sections) A right line drawn on the vertical plane, and passing through the vertex of the cone. (c) (Surv.) The direction of a plumb line; a line normal to the surface of still water. (d) (Geom., Drawing, etc.) A line parallel to the sides of a page or sheet, in distinction from a horizontal line parallel to the top or bottom. Vertical plane. (a) (Conic Sections) A plane passing through the vertex of a cone, and through its axis. (b) (Projections) Any plane which passes through a vertical line. (c) (Persp.) The plane passing through the point of sight, and perpendicular to the ground plane, and also to the picture. Vertical sash, a sash sliding up and down. Cf. French sash, under 3d Sash. Vertical steam engine, a steam engine having the crank shaft vertically above or below a vertical cylinder.

Meaning of Anthers from wikipedia

- consists of a stalk called the filament and an anther which contains microsporangia. Most commonly anthers are two-lobed (each lobe is termed a locule)...
- Anthering is a muni****lity in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria. Anthering lies north of the Salzburg basin. The...
- pair of anthers Longitudinal dehiscence of a pair of anthers Valvular dehiscence of a pair of anthers Poricidal dehiscence of a pair of anthers Dehiscence...
- bumblebees, to release pollen which is more or less firmly held by the anthers. The anthers of buzz-pollinated plant species are typically tubular, with an opening...
- by the anther, which is covered by an anther cap. This means that the style and stigma of the pistil, with the filaments and one or more anthers, are all...
- Microspores are produced by meiosis inside anthers and megaspores are produced inside ovules that are within an ovary. Anthers typically consist of four microsporangia...
- level of the anthers. This arrangement of **** organs causes floral visitors to first contact the stigma, before removing pollen from the anthers. This form...
- fertile anther ( = monandrous), which is also fully in****bent ( = strongly convex) to suberect (= ascending towards the edges). The anther form arises...
- The anthers of T. cernuum are slender, lavender-pink or purplish, with the anthers and filaments approximately equal in length, while the anthers of T...
- longitudinal slits of the anthers in the upper Hamamelidae where the pollen is predominantly wind-driven. The three types of anthers found in the Hamamelidaceae...