Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Facing toward the side; not turned toward or away from the axis.
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- adjective botany Said of
anthers dehiscing laterally, neither toward or away from the center of theflower .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Latin latus, later-, side (on the model of extrorse, introrse, etc.)]
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