Ex*trorse" (?), a. [As if from an assumed L. extrorsus, for extroversus; extra on the outside + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. extrorse.] Bot.

Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament.

 

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