EXSERTED

Verb

exserted

simple past tense and past participle of exsert

Adjective

exserted (comparative more exserted, superlative most exserted)

(botany) protruding, projecting

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*sert", Ex*sert"ed, a. Etym: [L. exsertus, p.p. of exserere to stretch out or forth. See Exert.]

Definition: Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert stamens. A small portion of the basal edge of the shell exserted. D. H. Barnes.

EXSERT

Ex*sert", Ex*sert"ed, a. Etym: [L. exsertus, p.p. of exserere to stretch out or forth. See Exert.]

Definition: Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert stamens. A small portion of the basal edge of the shell exserted. D. H. Barnes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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