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 the flower.

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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