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EXTRORSE

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ex*trorse"\, a. [As if from an assumed L. extrorsus,
for extroversus; extra on the outside + vertere, versum, to
turn: cf. F. extrorse.] (Bot.)
Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said
esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: Of anthers, opening away from the center of the flower. Compare introrse.
 

 

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