- The pollen-bearing part of the stamen.花药：雄蕊中有花粉的部分
- Medieval Latin anthēra [pollen] 中世纪拉丁语 anthēra [花粉]
- from Latin [a medicine extracted from flowers] 源自 拉丁语 [从花中提取出的一种药]
- from Greek [from feminine of] anthēros [flowery] 源自 希腊语 源自anthēros的阴性词 [多花的]
- from anthos [flower] 源自 anthos [花]