exsert

American

[ek-surt] / ɛkˈsɜrt /

verb (used with object)

to thrust out.

adjective

thrust out; exserted.

exsert British

/ ɛkˈsɜːtaɪl, ɛkˈsɜːt /

verb

(tr) to thrust out; protrude

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adjective

protruded, stretched out, or (esp of stamens) projecting beyond the corolla of a flower

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Etymology

Origin of exsert

1655–65; < Latin exsertus stretched out, put forth, variant of exertus; see exert

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