amphitropal
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “both”) + τροπή (tropḗ, “turn”) + -al.
Adjective
amphitropal (comparative more amphitropal, superlative most amphitropal)
- (botany) Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous.
Synonyms
- amphitropous
Translations
having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for amphitropal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)