extrorse

American  

[ek-strawrs, ek-strawrs] / ɛkˈstrɔrs, ˈɛk strɔrs /

adjective

Botany.

1. turned or facing outward, as anthers that open toward the perianth.

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extrorse British  

/ ɛkˈstrɔːs /

adjective

1. botany turned or opening outwards or away from the axis

   extrorse anthers

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extrorse Scientific  

/ ĕk′strôrs′ /

1. Facing outward, away from the central axis around which a flower is arranged. Used of anthers and the direction in which they open to release pollen.

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Other Word Forms

• extrorsely adverb

Etymology

Origin of extrorse

1855–60; < Late Latin extrorsus in outward direction, equivalent to extr ( a )- extra- + ( v ) orsus (adv.) turned

Example Sentences

Shrubs with opposite entire leaves, no stipules, the sepals and petals similar and indefinite, the anthers adnate and extrorse, and the cotyledons convolute; the fruit like a rose-hip.

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 much shorter, barely adherent to their base; anthers linear, much longer than the filaments, adnate and extrorse, but the long narrow cells opening laterally.

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

Filaments thread-like, much longer than the linear-oblong blunt anthers, which are fixed by a point above the base and extrorse.

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 heart-shaped or kidney-shaped, confluently 1-celled, shield-shaped after opening, extrorse.

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 arrow-shaped, extrorse, fixed near the base to the short flattened filaments, tapering above to a slender entire or 2-cleft point.

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