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anther, pollen pollen, minute grains, usually yellow in color but occasionally white, brown, red, or purple, borne in the anther sac at the tip of the slender filament of the stamen of a flowering plant or in the male cone of a conifer. ..... Click the link for more information. -bearing structure of the stamen of a flower, usually borne on a slender stalk called the filament. Each anther generally consists of two pollen sacs, which open when the pollen is mature. The method of opening, or dehiscence, is uniform in any single species of plant. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Its coronal threads were seen as a symbol for the crown of thorns, the curling tendrils represented the whip, the five anthers (the part that contains pollen) symbolized the wounds. 672-735) portrayed the translucent white petals as symbolic of Mary's pure body, and the golden anthers as a symbol of the glory of her soul when she was taken up to Heaven. But to make matters far worse, several hair-splitting taxonomists at the beginning of the 1900s described numerous species on the basis of minute differences, like the color of the anther, the pollen bearing part of the stamen. |
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