extrorse

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The anthers are at first introrse, but just before the bud opens they assume this position [sketch] and then turn right over and become extrorse.

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  1. adjective Botany Facing outward; turned away from the axis: extrorse anthers.

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  1. Late Latin extrōrsus, turned outward (modeled on Latin intrōrsum, turned inward) : Latin extrā, outside; see extra- + Latin versus, past participle of vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French extrorse, from Latin as if *extrorsus, toward the outside (cf. Latin introrsus, adverb, toward the inside), from extra, outside, + versus, adverb, turned toward, from versus, past participle of vertere, turn: see verse, and cf. introrse.
 

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/ɛksˈtrɔrs/
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