Part 490

<hw>An`ther*og"e*nous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Anther</ets> + <ets>-genous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower.</def>

<h1>Antheroid</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An"ther*oid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Anther</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling an anther.</def>

<h1>Antherozoid, Antherozooid</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw><hw>An`ther*o*zoid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>An`ther*o*zoo"id</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ flowery + <?/ animal + <ets>-oid</ets>. See <er>Zooid</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.</def>

<h1>Anthesis</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An*the"sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ bloom, fr. <?/ to bloom, <?/ flower.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The period or state of full expansion in a flower.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Ant-hill</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>Ant"-hill</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.</def>

<h1>Anthobian</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An*tho"bi*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ flower + <?/ life.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A beetle which feeds on flowers.</def>

<h1>Anthobranchia</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An`tho*bran"chi*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ flower + <?/ gills, n. pl.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See <er>Nudibranchiata</er>, and <er>Doris</er>.</def>

<h1>Anthocarpous</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An`tho*car"pous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ flower + <?/ fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple.</def>

<h1>Anthocyanin</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An`tho*cy"a*nin</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Anthokyan</er>.</def>

<h1>Anthodium</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An*tho"di*um</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ like flowers, flowery; <?/ flower + <?/ form.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into a involucrate head.</def>

<h1>Anthography</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An*thog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ flower + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A description of flowers.</def>

<h1>Anthoid</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An"thoid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ flower + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling a flower; flowerlike.</def>

<h1>Anthokyan</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An`tho*ky"an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ flower + <?/ blue.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The blue coloring matter of certain flowers. Same as <er>Cyanin</er>.</def>

<h1>Antholite</h1> <Xpage=63>

<hw>An"tho*lite</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ flower + <ets>-lite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A fossil plant, like a petrified flower.</def>