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introrse

introrse adjective: facing or turned inwards or towards an axis.

introrse: facing or turned inwards or towards an axis
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Adjective

introrse (comparative more introrse, superlative most introrse)

  1. Facing or turned inwards or towards an axis.
  2. Of anthers: turned toward the center of the flower.

introrse meaning in Tamil

introrse in Tamil

உட்புறந்திரும்பிய

Forms of introrse

comparativemore introrse
superlativemost introrse

Origin of introrse

From Latin introrsus, introrsum (“toward the inside”, adverb), variant of introversus, from intrō + versus (“turned”).

Words formed from introrse

Questions about introrse

What does introrse mean?
Introrse means facing or turned inwards or towards an axis.
What is introrse in Tamil?
Introrse in Tamil is உட்புறந்திரும்பிய. See Introrse meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is introrse?
Introrse is an adjective.

Words near introrse in the dictionary

  1. intropunitive
  2. intropunitively
  3. intropunitiveness
  4. introreception
  5. introrsal
  6. introrse
  7. introrsely
  8. intros
  9. introscan
  10. introscope
  11. introscopes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: introrse (page history and authors); introrse (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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