a. Bot. rare. [f. mod.L. Synantherenæ pl. (Richard, 1801), f. Gr. σύν SYN- + mod.L. anthēra ANTHER: see -OUS.] Belonging to the order Synanthereæ, a synonym of Compositæ, having the anthers united; syngenesious. Also Synantherous a. So Synantherology [-LOGY], the study of the Compositæ; whence Synantherological a., pertaining to synantherology; Synantherologist, one who studies or treats of the Compositæ.
1859. Mayne, Expos. Lex., s.v. Siphoniphytum, A *synanthereous plant.
1891. Cent. Dict., *Synantherological.
1881. Jrnl. Bot., New Ser. X. 150. The last-named author, facile princeps amongst *synantherologists.
1859. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Synantherologia … term for a treatise on the plants of the Synanthereæ: *synantherology.
1849. Balfour, Man. Bot., § 417. The stamens … may also unite by their anthers, and become syngenesious or *synantherous.
