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

LITTORÉLLA, L. Flowers monœcious; the male solitary on a mostly simple naked scape; calyx 4-parted, longer than the cylindraceous 4-cleft corolla; stamens exserted on very long capillary filaments.

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, exserted, diverging.—Perennials, with nearly entire leaves, and purplish flowers crowded in cylindrical or oblong spikes, imbricated with colored bracts.

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

Flowers occasionally 3–6-merous, always dimorphous; all those of some individuals having exserted stamens and included stigmas; of others, included stamens and exserted style.

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