introrse

• 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. —  Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3
• Alexander Braun notices the transformation of pistils into stamens in Chives (_Allium Scorodoprasum_), and in which three stamens appeared in the place of as many pistils, and had extrorse anthers, while the six normal anthers are introrse. —  Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
• "Stamens six, hypogenous! anthers introrse! capsule cartilaginous, loculicidally three-valved, scurfy-leaved epiphytic!" —  "Some Say" Neighbours in Cyrus

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms