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extrorse
[ ek-strawrs, ek-strawrs ]
adjective
- turned or facing outward, as anthers that open toward the perianth.
extrorse
/ É›°ìˈ²õ³Ù°ùɔ˲õ /
adjective
- botany turned or opening outwards or away from the axis
extrorse anthers
extrorse
/ Ä•°ì′²õ³Ù°ùô°ù²õ′ /
- Facing outward, away from the central axis around which a flower is arranged. Used of anthers and the direction in which they open to release pollen.
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±ð³æ·³Ù°ù´Ç°ù²õ±ðl²â adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of extrorse1
Example Sentences
Stamens much shorter, barely adherent to their base; anthers linear, much longer than the filaments, adnate and extrorse, but the long narrow cells opening laterally.
Stamens 6–12, more or less united with the style; anthers adnate, extrorse.—Leaves petioled, mostly heart-shaped and entire.
Anthers 2-celled, roundish-oval, blue, extrorse.
Anthers heart-shaped or kidney-shaped, confluently 1-celled, shield-shaped after opening, extrorse.
Rush-like herbs, with equitant leaves sheathing the base of a naked scape, which is terminated by a head of perfect 3-androus flowers, with extrorse anthers, glumaceous calyx, and a regular colored corolla; the 3-valved mostly 1-celled capsule containing several or many orthotropous seeds with a minute embryo at the apex of fleshy albumen.
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