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posticous, a. Bot.|pɒˈstaɪkəs|
[f. L. postīc-us hinder (see postic) + -ous.]
Posterior, hinder: applied variously to parts of a flower or inflorescence.
1866Treas. Bot. 922 Posticous, turned away from the axis of a flower, as some anthers whose dehiscence takes place next the petals; also, stationed on that side of a flower which is next the axis. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 271 Stigma obtuse,..posticous lobe very small. 1880Gray Struct. Bot. vi. §6 (ed. 6) 253 An anther is Extrorse, i.e. turned outward, or Posticous, when it faces toward the perianth. |