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

Stamens divergent, exserted; upper pair declined, lower ascending.

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

As Scirpus, but the bristles naked, exserted and often silky in fruit.

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

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

Our species have the petals 2-cleft or obcordate, the parts of the flower always in fives, and the exserted pods more or less curved.

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