Definitions for exserted

exserted ex·sert·ed

Spelling: [ek-sur-tid]
IPA: /ɛkˈsɜr tɪd/

Exserted is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 142 anagrams from letters in exserted (deeerstx).

Definitions for exserted

adjective

  1. projecting beyond the surrounding parts, as a stamen.
  2. thrust out; exserted.

verb (used with object)

  1. to thrust out.

Origin of exserted

First recorded in 1810-20; exsert + -ed2

Examples for exserted

The male muntjac-deer (Cervulus), however, offers an exception, as he is provided with horns and exserted canine teeth.

exserted, protruding out of, as the stamens out of the corolla.

Stamens 10, often exserted; anthers arrow-shaped, erect in the bud, becoming inverted and opening by basal pores or short slits.

Sometimes the exserted bracts are bent backward; they are then said to be recurved or reflexed.

Filaments slender, often (with the 2-cleft style) exserted; anthers ovoid or oblong.

The parts back of the scales are bracts; these often project beyond the scales, when they are said to be exserted.

Stamens 4, nearly equal, exserted; anthers opening at the apex.

The styles are very long with slender stigmas, exserted at the top of the glume.

exserted: protruded; projecting beyond the body or over a given point.

The abdomen of the female ends in a long slender ovipositor, which, however, is not exserted in the mole cricket.

Word Value for exserted
Scrable

16

Words with friends

16

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