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ANTHERAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does antheral mean?
• ANTHERAL (adjective)
The adjective ANTHERAL has 1 sense:
1. capable of fertilizing female organs
Familiarity information: ANTHERAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of fertilizing female organs
Synonyms:
antheral; staminate
Similar:
male (being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Derivation:
anther (the part of the stamen that contains pollen; usually borne on a stalk)
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