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

Flowers diœcious, with a 6-parted deciduous calyx; the sterile with 9 stamens in 3 rows; their anthers all introrse, 4-celled, 4-valved; fertile flowers with 12 or more rudiments of stamens and a globular ovary.

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 awl-shaped; anthers short, innate or somewhat introrse, 2-celled.

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, inserted at the base of the divisions; filaments slender, anthers short, 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

Anthers, introrse; style, short; stigma, three-lobed; berry, red, spherical, three-celled; cells, two-seeded.

From Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history by Hexamer, F. M.