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anticous

anticous adjective: facing toward the axis, or central part, of the flower.

Adjective

anticous (not comparable)

  1. Facing toward the axis, or central part, of the flower
    • anticous sepals
    • anticous stamens
    Synonyms:
    introrse

Synonyms of anticous

Origin of anticous

From Latin anticus (“in front, foremost”), from ante (“before”).

Questions about anticous

What does anticous mean?
Anticous means facing toward the axis, or central part, of the flower.
What part of speech is anticous?
Anticous is an adjective.

Words near anticous in the dictionary

  1. anticounters
  2. anticountry
  3. anticoup
  4. anticourt
  5. anticourtier
  6. anticous
  7. Anticovenanter
  8. Anticovenanters
  9. anticovenanting
  10. anticow
  11. anticoyote

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