anticousadj.
Bot.
Fronting the axis of the whorl to which it belongs, as anthers whose line of dehiscence looks towards the pistils.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > having particular form, position, or mode of growth
accrescent1836
extrorse1850
posticous1866
anticous1870
concrescent1902
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 273 Melampyrum..Disk an hypogynous anticous gland.
1880 A. Gray Bot. Text-bk. vi. §6. 253 An anther is..Introrse..or Anticous, when it faces toward the axis of the flower.
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