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An`ther*if"er*ous (&?;), a. [Anther + -ferous.] (Bot.) (a) Producing anthers, as plants. (b) Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower. Gray.

An*ther"i*form (&?;), a. [Anther + -form.] Shaped like an anther; anther-shaped.

An`ther*og"e*nous (&?;), a. [Anther + -genous.] (Bot.) Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower.

An"ther*oid (&?;), a. [Anther + - oid.] Resembling an anther.

{ An`ther*o*zoid (&?;), An`ther*o*zoo"id (&?;), } n. [Gr. &?; flowery + &?; animal + -oid. See Zooid.] (Bot.) One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.

||An*the"sis (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; bloom, fr. 'anqei^n to bloom, 'a`nqos flower.] (Bot.) The period or state of full expansion in a flower. Gray.

Ant"-hill (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.

An*tho"bi*an (&?;), n. [Gr. 'a`nqos flower + bi`os life.] (Zoöl.) A beetle which feeds on flowers.

||An`tho*bran"chi*a (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a`nqos flower + &?; gills, n. pl.] (Zoöl.) A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris.

An`tho*car"pous (&?;), a. [Gr. 'a`nqos flower + karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple.

An`tho*cy"a*nin (&?;), n. Same as Anthokyan.

||An*tho"di*um (&?;), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; like flowers, flowery; 'a`nqos flower + &?; form.] (Bot.) The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into a involucrate head.

An*thog"ra*phy (&?;), n. [Gr. 'a`nqos flower + -graphy.] A description of flowers.

An"thoid (&?;), a. [Gr. 'a`nqos flower + -oid.] Resembling a flower; flowerlike.

An`tho*ky"an (&?;), n. [Gr. 'a`nqos flower + ky`anos blue.] (Chem.) The blue coloring matter of certain flowers. Same as Cyanin.

An"tho*lite (&?;), n. [Gr. 'a`nqos flower + -lite.] (Paleon.) A fossil plant, like a petrified flower.

An`tho*log"ic*al (&?;), a. Pertaining to anthology; consisting of beautiful extracts from different authors, especially the poets.

He published a geographical and anthological description of all empires and kingdoms . . . in this terrestrial globe. Wood.

An*thol"o*gist (&?;), n. One who compiles an anthology.

An*thol"o*gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. 'anqolo`gos flower gathering; 'a`nqos flower + le`gein to gather.] 1. A discourse on flowers. [R.]

2. A collection of flowers; a garland. [R.]

3. A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams; -- particularly applied to a collection of ancient Greek epigrams.

4. (Gr. Ch.) A service book containing a selection of pieces for the festival services.

An`tho*ma"ni*a (&?;), n. [Gr. 'a`nqos flower + mani`a madness.] A extravagant fondness for flowers. [R.]

An"tho*ny's Fire` (&?;). See Saint Anthony's Fire, under Saint.

An*thoph"a*gous (&?;), a. [Gr. 'a`nqos flower + fagei^n to eat.] (Zoöl.) Eating flowers; -- said of certain insects.

An"tho*phore (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; bearing flowers; 'a`nqos flower + &?; bearing, &?; to bear.] (Bot.) The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family. Gray.

An*thoph"o*rous (&?;), a. Flower bearing; supporting the flower.