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Meaning of ANTRORSE

Pronunciation:  an'trors

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  (biology) bent or curved forward or upward; "a plant having antrorse hairs on the stem"
 
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 Antonyms: retrorse
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\An*trorse"\ ([a^]n*tr[^o]rs"), a. [From L. ante +
versun turned; apparently formed in imitation of retrorse.]
(Bot.)
Forward or upward in direction. --Gray.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Directed forwards or upwards. Compare retrorse.
 

 

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