| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| antrorse |
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| SYLLABICATION: | an·trorse |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n trôrs |
| ADJECTIVE: | Biology Directed forward and upward, as the hairs on certain plant stems. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin antr rsum, from Latin anterior, before (perhaps after intrrsum, inwards, from interior, inside). See anterior. | | OTHER FORMS: | antrorsely —ADVERB
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