| extrorse | หันออก [ อับเรณู ] [พฤกษศาสตร์ ๑๘ ก.พ. ๒๕๔๕] | | dextrorse | หันขวา, พันขวา, เวียนขวา [พฤกษศาสตร์ ๑๘ ก.พ. ๒๕๔๕] |
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| | Extrorse | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Dextrorse | { } a. [ L. dextrorsum, contr. fr. dextrovorsum, dextroversum, toward the right side; dexter right + versus, vorsus, p. p. of vertere, vortere, to turn. ] (Botany) Turning from the left to the right, in the ascending line, as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the common morning-glory; as, dextrorse vines. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ At present scientists predicate dextrorse or sinistrorse quality of the plant regarded objectively; formerly the plant was regarded subjectively, and what is now called dextrorse was then considered sinistrorse. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Dextrorsal |
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| | dextrorse | หันขวา, พันขวา, เวียนขวา [พฤกษศาสตร์ ๑๘ ก.พ. ๒๕๔๕] | | extrorse | หันออก [ อับเรณู ] [พฤกษศาสตร์ ๑๘ ก.พ. ๒๕๔๕] |
| | | Dextrorse | { } a. [ L. dextrorsum, contr. fr. dextrovorsum, dextroversum, toward the right side; dexter right + versus, vorsus, p. p. of vertere, vortere, to turn. ] (Botany) Turning from the left to the right, in the ascending line, as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the common morning-glory; as, dextrorse vines. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ At present scientists predicate dextrorse or sinistrorse quality of the plant regarded objectively; formerly the plant was regarded subjectively, and what is now called dextrorse was then considered sinistrorse. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Dextrorsal | | Extrorse | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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