antrorse

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(an trôrs)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
an•trorse  (an trôrs),USA pronunciation adj. [Bot., Zool.]
  1. Botany, Zoologybent or directed forward or upward.
  • Neo-Latin antrorsus, equivalent. to antr- (as presumed base of Latin anterior anterior) + -orsus, extracted from Latin intrōrsus introrse
  • 1855–60
an•trorsely, adv. 


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