Sweet birds antheming the morn.
Keats.
|| An*the"mi*on (&?;), [ fr. Gr. 'anqemi`s flower.] A floral ornament. See Palmette.
||An"the*mis (&?;), n. [Gr. 'anqemi`s, equiv. to 'a`nqos flower; an herb like our chamomile.] (Bot.) Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants.
An"them*wise` (&?;), adv. Alternately. [Obs.] Bacon.
An"ther (&?;), n. [F. anthère, L. anthera a medicine composed of flowers, fr. Gr. &?; flowery, fr. 'anqei^n to bloom, 'a`nqos flower.] (Bot.) That part of the stamen containing the pollen, or fertilizing dust, which, when mature, is emitted for the impregnation of the ovary. -- An"ther*al (&?;), a.
||An`ther*id"i*um (&?;), n.; pl. Antheridia (&?;). [Anther + &?; (a Gr. diminutive ending).] (Bot.) The male reproductive apparatus in the lower plants, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary. -- An`ther*id"i*al (&?;), a.
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.]