introrse
/in-trawrs/US // ɪnˈtrɔrs //UK // (ɪnˈtrɔːs) //
内幕,内幕消息,本质上,本身
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Botany.
- : turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
Examples
Proper stamens 5, alternate with the petals, persistent; anthers introrse or subextrorse.
Stamens 6, inserted at the base of the divisions; filaments slender, anthers short, introrse.
Stamens 6; anthers linear, on short filaments, adnate, usually introrse; the cells opening down the margins.
Filaments awl-shaped; anthers short, innate or somewhat introrse, 2-celled.
Sometimes, from their versatile nature, anthers originally introrse become extrorse, as in the Passion-flower and Oxalis.
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