Crossword-Solution: EXTRORSE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Extrorse | a. | Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament. |
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| Turned outwart: Bot. | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
CMEAZE
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eruption
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Sentences with EXTRORSE (5)
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.
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.
Etym: [See Extrorse.] Defn: The condition of being turned wrong side out; as, extroversion of the bladder.
The anthers are called _introrse_ when they dehisce by the surface next to the centre of the flower; they are _extrorse_ when they dehisce by the outer surface; when they dehisce by the sides, as in _Iris_ and some grasses, they are _laterally_ dehiscent.
Stamens 6--12, more or less united with the style; anthers adnate, extrorse._--Leaves petioled, mostly heart-shaped and entire.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1965).