anthesis
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of anthesis
1825–35; < New Latin < Greek ánthēsis bloom, equivalent to anthē- (verbid stem of antheîn to bloom) + -sis -sis
Example Sentences
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"I feel we are the anthesis of each other and I am glad about that."
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2023
Quinoa flowers were marked at anthesis, and seeds were sampled at 12, 16, 20 and 24 days after anthesis.
From Nature ● Feb. 7, 2017
The tall, whippet-slender Walter is the anthesis of her recent on-screen characters — sweet and funny, with a kind word for everyone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2014
The genus Eucalyptus is named for its unusual floral structure derived from the Greek eu-, well, and kaluptos, covered, which refers to the operculum that covers the floral buds before anthesis.
From Nature ● Jun. 10, 2014
Panicle branched, the clusters open in anthesis; glumes not winged on the back.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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