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exsertion

exsertion noun: protrusion; thrusting outward.

Noun

exsertion (countable and uncountable, plural exsertions)

  1. protrusion; thrusting outward
    • These morphological variants in the size and shape of the upper lip are consistent with a series of counterparts in other floral organs, such as character of corolla throat, length ratio of corolla tube to corolla lobes, inflation of the lower part of the corolla tube, position of the anther and...2015 July 3, Zhi-Jing Qiu et al., “Origin and evolution of Petrocosmea (Gesneriaceae) inferred from both DNA sequence and novel findings in morphology with a test of morphology-based hypotheses”, in...

Forms of exsertion

pluralexsertions

Questions about exsertion

What does exsertion mean?
Exsertion means protrusion; thrusting outward.
What part of speech is exsertion?
Exsertion is a noun.
What is the plural of exsertion?
The plural of exsertion is exsertions.

Words near exsertion in the dictionary

  1. exsequy
  2. exsert
  3. exserted
  4. exsertile
  5. exserting
  6. exsertion
  7. exsertions
  8. exserts
  9. exsheath
  10. exsheathed
  11. exsheathment

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