extrorse, a. Bot.
(ɛkˈstrɔːs)
[a. F. extrorse, f. L. extrors-us in an outward direction, f. extrā adv. (see extra) + versus towards.]
(See quots.)
| 1858 Gray Bot. Text-bk. v. §6. 282 When the anther looks away from the pistils and towards the petals..it is said to be extrorse, or turned outwards. 1870 Bentley Bot. 239 The anther is said to be extrorse. 1882 Vines Sachs' Bot. 557 The anthers open inwards towards the gynæceum (introrse), or outwards (extrorse). |