Nouns starting with A

• Anthericum — Noun – English ～ genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
• antheridiophore — Noun – English ～ gametophore bearing antheridia as in certain mosses and liverworts
• antheridium — Noun – English ～ the male sex organ of spore-producing plants; produces antherozoids; equivalent to the anther in flowers
• Antheropeas — Noun – English ～ small genus of North American herbs often included in genus Eriophyllum
• antherozoid — Noun – English ～ a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm
• anthesis — Noun – English ～ the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
• anthidium — Noun – English ～ potter bees
• anthill — Noun – English ～ a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest
• Anthoceropsida — Noun – English ～ hornworts: in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida
• Anthoceros — Noun – English ～ hornworts
• Anthocerotaceae — Noun – English ～ hornworts
• Anthocerotales — Noun – English ～ hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida
• anthologist — Noun – English ～ an editor who makes selections for an anthology
• anthology — Noun – English ～ a collection of selected literary passages
• Anthonomus — Noun – English ～ weevils destructive of cultivated plants
• Anthony — Noun – English ～ Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
• Anthony — Noun – English ～ United States suffragist (1820-1906)
• anthophyllite — Noun – English ～ a dark brown mineral of the amphibole group; magnesium iron silicate
• Anthophyta — Noun – English ～ comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta)
• Anthozoa — Noun – English ～ a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed

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