Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Protruded; projecting from a cavity or sheath; projecting beyond the surrounding parts: as, stamens exsert; exserted organs in an animal, etc.: opposed to included.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
exsert . - adjective botany
protruding ,projecting
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Examples
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The Squamscott River Wetlands Component boasts four rare plants: the marsh elder, the stout bulrush, the small spike-rush and the exserted knotweed.
Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, New Hampshire 2008
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I imagine this habit of the jaguar is exactly similar to one which may any day be seen in the common cat, as with outstretched legs and exserted claws it scrapes the leg of a chair; and I have heard of young fruit-trees in an orchard in England having been thus much injured.
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I imagine this habit of the jaguar is exactly similar to one which may any day be seen in the common cat, as with outstretched legs and exserted claws it scrapes the leg of a chair; and I have heard of young fruit-trees in an orchard in England having been thus much injured.
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On its first arrival it appeared very thirsty, and with exserted maxillæ drank eagerly of drops of water; this same circumstance has been observed by
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On its first arrival it appeared very thirsty, and with exserted maxillæ drank eagerly of drops of water; this same circumstance has been observed by
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Styles are short, with plumose stigmas and laterally exserted.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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Styles connate below, with stigmas very long, narrow and exserted at the top of the spikelets.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The styles are very long with slender stigmas, exserted at the top of the glume.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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They are succeeded by succulent fruits, which are exserted, and frequently scaly or spiny, in which respects this genus differs both from _Melocactus_ and _Mamrmllaria_, which have the fruits immersed and smooth.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Styles are slender and distinct, with narrow stigmas exserted from the top of the glume.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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