introrse

American  

[in-trawrs] / ɪnˈtrɔrs /

adjective

Botany.

1. turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.

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introrse British  

/ ɪnˈtrɔːs /

adjective

1. botany turned inwards or towards the axis, as anthers that shed their pollen towards the centre of the flower

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introrse Scientific  

/ ĭn′trôrs′ /

1. Facing inwards toward the 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

• introrsely adverb

Etymology

Origin of introrse

1835–45; < Latin introrsus, contraction of *intrōversus toward the inside. See intro-, versus

Example Sentences

Perianth cylindrical-oblong, 6-lobed at the summit; the 6 stamens inserted on or above the middle of the tube, included; anthers introrse.

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

Sometimes, from their versatile nature, anthers originally introrse become extrorse, as in the Passion-flower and Oxalis.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

Stamens 6, hypogynous! or the alternate ones cohering with the base of the petals; anthers introrse.

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

Perianth 6-parted, spreading above; the 6 stamens on its base; anthers introrse.

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 6; anthers linear, on short filaments, adnate, usually introrse; the cells opening down the margins.

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