medifixedadj.
/ˈmiːdɪfɪkst/, U.S. /ˈmidiˌfɪkst/ Botany.
Of an anther or other plant part: attached by the middle.
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1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. 253 Adnate anthers are perhaps as frequently extrorse as introrse. Others, whether basifixed or medifixed, are more commonly introrse.
1951 G. H. M. Lawrence Taxon. Vascular Plants 562 Distinguishing characters of the family [sc. Malpighiaceae] include the medifixed unicellular hairs [etc.].
1994 Brittonia 46 127/2 The wing of the samara has..fine adpressed medifixed hairs like those found in H[iraea] graceiana.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1880- to rest one's arms
- to rest one's case
- to rest one's eyes
- to rest owing
- to rest satisfied
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- to retrace one's steps
- to retrace, tread back, one's steps
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- to return something upon a person's head
- to return thanks