exserted

American  

[ek-sur-tid] / ɛkˈsɜr tɪd /

adjective

Biology.

1. projecting beyond the surrounding parts, as a stamen.

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Etymology

Origin of exserted

First recorded in 1810–20; exsert + -ed ²

Example Sentences

We identified three major loci and two minor loci responsible for exserted stigma, and found that all the five QTLs were located within domestication sweeps.

From Nature • Oct. 24, 2012

Anthers exserted beyond the tube of the corolla, approximate in pairs.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Annual, prostrate or usually erect, 1–2° high, branched; leaves narrow at base, ½–2´ long, acute; floral bracts acuminate, on slender branchlets; sepals very thick; anthers exserted; seed horizontal, round-oval, black, ½´´ broad.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Stamens 4, ascending and parallel, mostly exserted from the upper side of the corolla.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Stamens and style mostly exserted; filaments more or less bearded; anthers linear.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa