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With the apex in the opposite direction from normal, upside down.  

(Adjective) a non-native plant taxon intruding into, and spreading in, areas to which it is foreign. Having the quality of invasiveness. Involving puncture or incision of the skin or insertion of an instrument or foreign material into the body; said of diagnostic techniques. According to the National Invasive Species Information Center: “An ‘invasive species’ is…

(In nomenclature) a name or epithet that may be effectively published but is not in accordance with Articles 32–45 (or for hybrids, H9) of the I.C.B.N. In law, not binding, lacking in authority. Someone who has had an illness and has not fully recovered from it or who has been permanently disabled. A former term…

Enclosing in a sheath. The pushing of the wall of a cavity into the cavity. The surgical treatment of hernia, in which a sheath of tissue is made to cover the opening. Condition in which one part of an organ folds into or becomes telescoped into another part of the organ, as in the intestine,…

Enclosed in a sheath. To fold in. The act of being encased or enveloped within a covering is described as the process of forming a cavity or pocket inside a solid structure. Common instances include the nasal lining folding into the skull bone to create a nasal sinus, and one segment of the intestine tucking…

Pushing or projecting into another organ.  

(Of anthers) opening inwards, towards the centre of the flower.  

Incorporation of genes from one species into the gene pool of another species.  

Non-native species, brought in by man. Not indigenous; not native to the area in which it now occurs. A plant brought to a country, region or site by human agency, not necessarily intentionally (as distinct from a native plant that has arrived by natural means) or a plant that has come in by natural means…

(In branching) dense, tangled.