antlers
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This exposes the anthers, which contain the plant's pollen.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2023
White tripetaled blooms with yellow anthers age through stages of rose to maroon, extending the show into early summer.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2023
They’re absolute eye candy, the kind of bud that does it for the ’Gram — great pops of frilly color, their protuberant, pollen-gilded anthers sticking out like … well, exactly what they are.
From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2022
The sculpture “staminal evolution” demonstrates the phenomenon of buzz pollination with a breathing/buzzing sound meant to represent the plant’s pollen release when solitary bees like bumblebees grab the anthers and cause them to vibrate.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2020
The pollen at the tips of tulip anthers is not so much powder as it is tiny balls of oil.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
