- anticous
- anticous /an-tīˈkəs/ (botany)adjectiveOn the anterior side, or away from the axisORIGIN: L antīcus in front, from ante before
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Anticous — An*ti cous, a. [L. anticus in front, foremost, fr. ante before.] (Bot.) Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
anticous — a. Botany, turning away from axis … Dictionary of difficult words
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